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Nuclear power in Russia

nuclearchain.net/countries/russia/ · data: Global Energy Monitor (GNPT, August 2026), CC BY 4.0 · printed from the live page

Russia operates 34 nuclear power reactors across 29 sites, with 29.8 GW of gross capacity. A further 7 units are under construction, adding 5.4 GW. 19 units have been retired.

Operating
34
29.8 GW gross
Under construction
7
5.4 GW
Planned
33
incl. 25 announced
Retired
19
33 cancelled
CHINARUSSIAKursk nuclear power plant: 8 units, 9,020 MWLeningrad nuclear power plant: 8 units, 8,774 MWSmolensk nuclear power plant: 5 units, 5,500 MW, position approximateNovovoronezh nuclear power plant: 7 units, 4,770 MWRostov nuclear power plant: 4 units, 4,071 MWKalinin nuclear power plant: 4 units, 4,000 MWBalakovo nuclear power plant: 4 units, 4,000 MWBeloyarsk nuclear power plant: 5 units, 2,953 MWPrimorsk nuclear power plant: 2 units, 2,000 MW, position approximateKola nuclear power plant: 4 units, 1,760 MWSiberian nuclear power plant: 5 units, 601 MWSeversk nuclear power plant: 1 unit, 320 MWCape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant: 3 units, 318 MW, position approximateAkademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant: 2 units, 70 MWUst-Kuyga nuclear power plant: 1 unit, 55 MW, position approximateBilibino nuclear power plant: 4 units, 48 MWAtomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant: 1 unit, 6 MW2000 km
Operating10Under construction2Pre-construction2Retired3circle area ∝ site capacitydashed = approximate position Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.

Operating fleet by type: PWR (25), LWGR (7), FBR (2). Principal operator: Rosenergoatom.

Operating capacity over time

First reactor online1954
Peak30.3 GW in 2019
Now29.8 GW 34 units
2026 so far+1.3 GW 1 started
0102030401960197019801990200020102020GW
Gross capacity of units that had started up and not been permanently shut down by 31 December each year (2026 is to date). Amber marks the peak, green the present.
Data table
YearUnits onlineGW grossChange, GW
195410.01+0.01
195520.06+0.05
195830.11+0.05
196140.27+0.17
196470.76+0.49
196580.93+0.17
196991.09+0.16
1970101.45+0.37
1972111.87+0.42
1973132.72+0.86
1974153.74+1.01
1975174.19+0.45
1976195.20+1.01
1977216.21+1.01
1979227.21+1.00
1980238.21+1.00
19812610.81+2.60
19822711.25+0.44
19832712.14+0.89
19842913.58+1.44
19853115.58+2.00
19863317.58+2.00
19873418.58+1.00
19883419.37+0.79
19893520.37+1.00
19903320.80+0.43
19913220.75−0.05
19923120.58−0.17
19933221.58+1.00
20013322.62+1.04
20023222.62−0.01
20053323.62+1.00
20083123.28−0.33
20103224.28+1.00
20123325.28+1.00
20153426.28+1.00
20163426.75+0.47
20173527.93+1.18
20183629.15+1.22
20193630.32+1.17
20203729.39−0.93
20213729.58+0.19
20243628.58−1.00
20253328.54−0.04
20263429.80+1.26

Only years in which capacity changed are listed.

Position in the fuel chain

FacilityStageOperatorCapacity / output
Siberian Chemical Combine, Seversk conversion Rosatom 12,500tU/yr as UF6
Elektrostal (Elemash) reprocessed uranium conversion conversion TVEL Fuel Company 700tU/yr as UF6
Novouralsk (Urals Electrochemical Combine) enrichment TVEL Fuel Company 13,300tSWU/yr
Zelenogorsk (Electrochemical Plant) enrichment TVEL Fuel Company 7,900tSWU/yr
Angarsk (Electrolysis Chemical Combine) enrichment TVEL Fuel Company 4,000tSWU/yr
Seversk (Siberian Chemical Combine) enrichment TVEL Fuel Company 3,800tSWU/yr
Elektrostal (MSZ) fabrication TVEL Fuel Company 1,560tHM/yr
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant fabrication TVEL Fuel Company 1,200tHM/yr
Zheleznogorsk MOX plant fabrication Rosatom 60tHM/yr
Khiagda mining Rosatom 1,103tU/yr
Priargunsky mining Rosatom 1,047tU/yr
Dalur mining Rosatom 588tU/yr
Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk repository National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management not disclosed
Mayak, Ozersk reprocessing Rosatom 400tHM/yr

All units in Russia

UnitSiteStatusTypeGross MWOnline
Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant 1 Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 35 2020
Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant 2 Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 35 2020
Balakovo nuclear power plant 1 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1986
Balakovo nuclear power plant 2 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1988
Balakovo nuclear power plant 3 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1989
Balakovo nuclear power plant 4 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1993
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 3 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Operating FBR 600 1981
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 4 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Operating FBR 885 2016
Kalinin nuclear power plant 1 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1985
Kalinin nuclear power plant 2 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1987
Kalinin nuclear power plant 3 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2005
Kalinin nuclear power plant 4 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2012
Kola nuclear power plant 1-1 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1973
Kola nuclear power plant 1-2 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1975
Kola nuclear power plant 1-3 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1982
Kola nuclear power plant 1-4 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1984
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-3 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1984
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-4 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1986
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-1 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,255 2026
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-3 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1980
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-4 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1981
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-1 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,188 2018
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-2 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,188 2021
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-4 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 417 1973
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-5 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1981
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-1 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,180 2017
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-2 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,181 2019
Rostov nuclear power plant 1 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,041 2001
Rostov nuclear power plant 2 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2010
Rostov nuclear power plant 3 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2015
Rostov nuclear power plant 4 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,030 2018
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-1 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1983
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-2 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1985
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-3 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1990
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 1 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 106 2028
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 2 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 106 2028
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-2 Kursk nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,255 -
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-3 Kursk nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,255 2034
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-3 Leningrad nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,199 2030
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-4 Leningrad nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,199 2032
Seversk nuclear power plant 1 Seversk nuclear power plant Under construction FBR 320 2028
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 5 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction FBR 1,200 2034
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 3 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 106 2028
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-4 Kursk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,255 2034
Primorsk nuclear power plant 5 Primorsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,000 2033
Primorsk nuclear power plant 6 Primorsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,000 2035
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-1 Smolensk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2033
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-2 Smolensk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2033
Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant 1 Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 55 2028
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 4 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Announced PWR 106 2031
Khabarovsk nuclear power plant 1 Khabarovsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2036
Khabarovsk nuclear power plant 2 Khabarovsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2036
Kola nuclear power plant 2-1 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2035
Kola nuclear power plant 2-2 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2040
Kola nuclear power plant 2-3 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2040
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 1 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 2 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 3 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 4 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 1 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2030
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 2 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2030
Norilsk nuclear power plant 1 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 -
Norilsk nuclear power plant 2 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 -
Norilsk nuclear power plant 3 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 -
Norilsk nuclear power plant 4 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 -
Novocherkassk nuclear power plant 1 Novocherkassk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2036
Novocherkassk nuclear power plant 2 Novocherkassk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2038
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-3 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2032
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-4 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2036
Primorsk nuclear power plant 1 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 -
Primorsk nuclear power plant 2 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 -
Primorsk nuclear power plant 3 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 -
Primorsk nuclear power plant 4 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 -
Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant 2 Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant Announced PWR 55 -
Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 6 1954
Balakovo nuclear power plant 5 Balakovo nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 950 -
Balakovo nuclear power plant 6 Balakovo nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 950 -
Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant 1 Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,194 -
Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant 2 Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,170 -
Bashkir nuclear power plant 1 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 -
Bashkir nuclear power plant 2 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 -
Bashkir nuclear power plant 3 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 -
Bashkir nuclear power plant 4 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 -
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 1 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 108 1964
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 2 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 160 1969
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 6 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) FBR 1,600 -
Bilibino nuclear power plant 1 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1974
Bilibino nuclear power plant 2 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1975
Bilibino nuclear power plant 3 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1976
Bilibino nuclear power plant 4 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1977
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 1 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,250 -
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 2 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,250 -
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 3 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 -
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 4 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 -
Dimitrovgrad nuclear power plant 1 Dimitrovgrad nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 100 -
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-1 Kursk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1977
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-2 Kursk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1979
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-5 Kursk nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,100 -
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-1 Leningrad nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1974
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-2 Leningrad nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1976
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 3 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 -
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 4 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 -
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-1 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 210 1964
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-2 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 365 1970
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-3 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 417 1972
Seversk nuclear power plant 2 Seversk nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 -
Seversk nuclear power plant Original 1 Seversk nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 -
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-3 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1961
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-4 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1964
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-5 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1965
Siberian nuclear power plant EI-2 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 50 1958
Siberian nuclear power plant I-1 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 50 1955
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-4 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,000 -
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-3 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 -
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-4 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 -
South Urals nuclear power plant 1 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 1,220 -
South Urals nuclear power plant 2 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 1,220 -
South Urals nuclear power plant 3 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) FBR 1,220 -
Tatar nuclear power plant 1 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 -
Tatar nuclear power plant 2 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 -
Tatar nuclear power plant Original 1 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 -
Tatar nuclear power plant Original 2 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 -
Tver nuclear power plant 1 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 -
Tver nuclear power plant 2 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 -
Tver nuclear power plant 3 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 -
Tver nuclear power plant 4 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 -

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VVER (hexagonal) fuel2321.2TVEL Fuel Company, Westinghouse Electric Company
RBMK fuel77.0TVEL Fuel CompanyEvery documented supplier is in Russia.
PWR (square-lattice) fuel20.1Westinghouse Electric Company, Framatome, KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, China National Nuclear Corporation, ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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