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Bohunice nuclear power plant

Bohunice nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Slovakia with 2 operating units totalling 1,000 MW gross. The site has 6 units on record in total.

Operating4circle area ∝ site capacity 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.
Units on record
6
Operating
2
Operating capacity
1,000MW
Country

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Unit 3 Operating PWR VVER V-213 500 1985
Unit 4 Operating PWR VVER V-213 500 1985
Unit 1 Retired PWR VVER V-230 440 1980
Unit 2 Retired PWR VVER V-230 440 1981
Unit 5 Pre-construction PWR AP-1000 1,200 2040
Unit A1 Retired PHWR KS 150 143 1972

Bohunice nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Bohunice nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 2 operating nuclear sites in Slovakia, holding 40% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 149th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up in 1985; the median unit is 41.0 years old, older than the median of 28.0 in Slovakia.

The 5 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 6.6 to 14.4 years (median 7.9) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Mochovce nuclear power plant (62 km), Dukovany nuclear power plant (131 km) and Paks nuclear power plant (231 km).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Unit A11958197214.45.4 (1970s)
Unit 1197219786.65.4 (1970s)
Unit 2197219807.97.3 (1980s)
Unit 3197619847.77.3 (1980s)
Unit 4197619858.77.3 (1980s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.

Site detail
LocationTrnavský, Slovakia
Coordinates48.4968, 17.6907
Elevationabout 170 mabove sea level
SettingAbout 420 km from the sea
RegionEastern Europe
Units by status
Operating: 2
Retired: 3
Pre-construction: 1

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
Jadrova A Vyradovacia Spolocnost (Nuclear And Decommissioning Company PLC)
Slovenské Elektrárne AŞ
Operators
Jadrova A Vyradovacia Spolocnost (Nuclear And Decommissioning Company PLC)
Slovenské Elektrárne

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