How nuclear power plants are marked on the map. Rating of the most powerful nuclear power plants in the world. Nuclear power plant on the territory of the former USSR

Literally the entire planet could be in danger. But the world will not be able to turn away from nuclear energy any time soon. The cost of its production is lower, there are no harmful emissions, delivery of fuel to the station costs a penny - all the advantages are obvious. All that remains is to sort out safety during design and construction - and the “peaceful atom” will have no enemies left! So, which nuclear power plants are the most powerful and where are they located?

1 NPP Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan) - 8212 MW

In 2010, the Japanese nuclear power plant reached an installed capacity of 8212 MW. This is the most powerful nuclear power plant in the world. And even after the earthquake in 2007, when emergency situations arose at the station, after all the restoration work (the power had to be reduced), this energy giant remained in first place in the world (today it is 7965 MW). After the Fukushima incident, the plant was shut down to check all systems and then restarted.

2 Bruce NPP (Canada) - 6232 MW

The largest nuclear power plant in Canada itself and the entire North American continent is the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant. It was built in 1987 on the shores of picturesque Lake Huron (Ontario). The station is huge in area and occupies more than 932 hectares of land. Its 8 nuclear reactors provide a total power of 6232 MW and bring Canada to second place on our list. It is worth noting that until the early 2000s, the Ukrainian Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was considered the second largest in the world. But the Canadians bypassed Ukraine, managing to “overclock” their reactors to such high levels.

3 Zaporozhye NPP (Ukraine) - 6000 MW

The third in the world and the first in Europe in terms of power is the Zaporozhye NPP. The station became fully operational in 1993, becoming the most powerful in the entire former USSR. The total capacity of the enterprise is 6000 MW. It is located on the shore of the Kakhovka reservoir near the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region. The nuclear power plant employs 11.5 thousand people. At one time, with the start of construction of this station, the entire region received a powerful economic boost, thanks to which it grew both socially and industrially.

4 Hanul NPP ( South Korea) — 5900 MW

This station is located near the city of Uljin in South Korea and has a capacity of 5900 MW. It is worth saying that the Koreans have another nuclear power plant identical in power - Hanbit, but Hanul is planned to be “overclocked” to a record 8,700 MW. In the next 5 years, Korean engineers promise to finish the work, and then perhaps there will be a new champion on our list. We'll see.

5 Gravelines NPP (France) - 5460 MW

The most powerful station in France is Gravelines. Its total capacity reaches 5460 MW. The nuclear power plant was built on the shores of the North Sea, the waters of which are involved in the cooling process of all 6 of its reactors. France, like no other country in Europe, develops its own technologies and developments in the nuclear field and has on its territory the largest and most powerful nuclear power plants, and these are more than 50 nuclear reactors.

6 NPP Paluel (France) - 5320 MW

The total capacity of this “French” is 5320 MW. It is also located on the coast, but has one interesting feature: in the immediate vicinity of the nuclear power plant there is the Paluel commune (after which, in fact, the station is named), and so, almost all of the 1,200 station employees are residents of this very commune. A truly “Soviet” approach to the problem of employment!

7 Ohi NPP (Japan) - 4494 MW

And again Japan. The plant's four nuclear reactors produce 4,494 MW. The station is considered one (if not the most) reliable and does not have a single emergency or safety incident in its “track record”. This issue is more than relevant in Japan after the events in Fukushima. Let's just say that after the operation of all Japanese nuclear power plants was stopped to check the technical condition after the earthquake, it was the Ohi plant that returned to operation first.

8 Palo Verde NPP (USA) - 4174 MW

The most powerful US nuclear power plant is only in eighth position on our list. The three reactors of this station produce a power of 4174 MW. Not the best today high rate, but this nuclear power plant is unique in its own way. The fact is that Wintersburg is the only nuclear power plant in the world that is not located on the shore of a large body of water. The technical highlight of this nuclear power plant is that wastewater from nearby settlements (the city of Palo Verde, for example) is used to cool the reactors. One can only be surprised at the determination of American engineers who, contrary to safety traditions, decided to take such a bold step when designing this nuclear power plant.

9 Balakovo NPP (Russia) - 4000 MW

The most powerful nuclear power plant in Russia was put into operation in 1985. Today its total capacity is 4000 MW. The nuclear power plant is located on the shore of the Saratov reservoir and provides a fifth of the energy production of all nuclear power plants in Russia. The station's staff is 3,770 people. Balakovo NPP is the “pioneer” of all nuclear fuel research in Russia. In general, we can say that everything latest developments were put into operation at this particular nuclear power plant. And only after passing practical tests here, they received permission for use at other nuclear power plants in Russia and other countries.

10 Hamaoka NPP (Japan) - 3617 MW

The last station on our list is located on the island of Honshu in Japan. The power of this nuclear power plant is 3617 MW. Today, 3 out of 5 reactors are in operation. The remaining 2 were stopped due to technical work to improve safety and protection from natural disasters. And again, after Fukushima, the Japanese demonstrate high professionalism and organization, in relation not only to themselves, but also to the whole world.

In the modern world, nuclear energy is extremely important for realizing the economic potential of countries; it is with its help that the 2.6% of all energy consumed by humans. More than 31 countries currently operate 190 nuclear power plants, differing in the type of reactor and its energy power. New power units and nuclear reactors of nuclear power plants are being prepared for startup, as well as dozens of new power plants under construction (for example, the UAE-Braq nuclear power plant). Below are the largest nuclear power plants in operation around the world, whose energy output today is the highest compared to other nuclear power plants.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (8212 MW)

The world's largest nuclear power plant, built in 1985, is located in Japan in the city of Kashiwazaki. The nuclear power plant has 5 BWR type nuclear reactors(boiling water reactor) and 2 ABWR reactors (3rd generation boiling water reactors) with a total capacity of 8212 MW. This is the highest figure in the entire world. It was at this station that ABWR type reactors were first built. The power of this largest station alone is almost twice the total power of all operating nuclear power plants located in the Czech Republic or India, and more than 4 times the power of the nuclear power plant in Hungary, but due to frequent earthquakes, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa periodically suspends its operation for restoration work .

Bruce Nuclear Power Plant in Canada (6232 MW)

The largest plant in all of Canada and North America with 8 CANDU reactors (heavy water pressurized water nuclear reactor produced by Canada) has a total capacity of 6232 MW, which makes it the second largest nuclear power plant in the world after the Japanese Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. This operating nuclear power plant is located in the town of Bruce County in the province of Ontario, operating since 1976. Due to accidents at some reactors, the plant was closed several times, but in the end it always returned to operation.

Zaporozhye NPP (6000 MW)

Zaporozhye NPP, which began operating in December 1984, is located in the city of Energodar in the Zaporozhye region in Ukraine. It is the world's third largest active nuclear power plant today. The total capacity of 6 reactors of the VVER-1000 type (water-cooled power reactor) is currently 6000 MW. According to the latest data, this is not only the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, but also in Europe, and in March of this year the station was recognized as the first nuclear power plant in the world to generate more than 1 trillion kWh of electricity from the first day of operation.

Hanul NPP (called Ulchin until 2013 – 5881 MW)

The operating Hanul Nuclear Power Plant is located in South Korea near the city of Gyeongsangbuk-do. The power of 5,881 MW is generated by 6 power units - 4 operating reactors of the OPR-1000 type and 2 of the CP1 type (both of which are water-cooled PWRs). This is the largest nuclear power plant in the country, which began operation in 1988. The South Korean government decided to increase the power of the station, so in May 2012, construction began on two more power units using APR-1400 type reactors, each with a capacity of 1350 MW. The approximate completion of work is planned for one power unit in 2017, and for the second in 2018.

Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant (previously named Yongwan - 5875 MW)

The Hanbit nuclear power plant, also located in South Korea near the city of Yongwan, in honor of which it received its original name, is currently operating. The Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant is located just 350 km from Seoul, the capital of the country. The renaming in 2013 was due to numerous requests from the population, in particular from fishermen who were not happy that their product was associated with radiation from a nuclear power plant. The station has been operating since 1986, the total power of its two WF-type reactors and four OPR types (pressurized water nuclear reactors PWR) is 5,875 MW, which is only 6 MW less than the Hanul nuclear power plant.

Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant (5706 MW)

The French Gravelines station is the most powerful and largest in the country, sixth in the world and second in Europe in terms of energy produced at 5706 MW by 6 power units with CP1 type reactors (related to PWR). The station is located in the northern part of the country, having started operating its first reactor in 1980. Water for technical needs of all reactors is delivered directly from the North Sea.

Paluel Nuclear Power Plant (5528 MW)

Another nuclear power plant in France with a total capacity of four nuclear reactors with pressurized water of the P4 type is 5528 MW. Paluel is located in Upper Normandy, and water for cooling the reactors is delivered directly from the English Channel. The reactor of this station is considered one of the largest in the world. The first Paluel power unit began operation in 1984. It is the second largest station of the three in France.

Kattenom NPP (5448 MW)

On the border with Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, a French nuclear power plant began operating in 1986 with four pressurized water nuclear reactors of the P’4 type and a total capacity of 5448 MW. Cattenome is located in the Lorraine region, in northeastern France. To cool the reactors, the station takes water from the Moselle River, as well as from an artificial lake next to the nuclear power plant, specially created for this purpose. The generated power of the station is more than 3.5 times greater than the entire power of nuclear power plants in Argentina and Armenia combined.

Okha Nuclear Power Plant (4494 MW)

After what happened in Japan with the Fukushima-1 and Fukushima-2 plants, all nuclear power plants were closed for inspections and work to improve the technical side, and Ohi was the first nuclear power plant, which began to function again. Four W 4-loop reactors (pressurized water reactors) reach a capacity of 4494 MW. The first reactor of the station began operation back in 1977. The Ohi Nuclear Power Plant, located in Fukui Prefecture, is recognized as the most reliable and compliant with safety regulations in Japan. At the moment, Ohi is the second powerful plant in the country, although until recently Fukushima-1 (4,700 MW) was in second place.

Nuclear energy has long been considered an affordable and reliable source of electricity. Moreover, researchers believe that the world's nuclear energy will continue to develop, and in the future, every person on the planet will live in a country with their own nuclear electricity. That is why it is now becoming the main direction in the development of the world economy.

Today, the attitude towards nuclear power plants in the world is not at all unambiguous. And there are many reasons for this, because if such energy sources break down, literally the entire planet could be in danger. But the world will not be able to turn away from nuclear energy any time soon. The cost of its production is less, there are no harmful emissions, delivery of fuel to the station costs a penny - all the advantages are obvious. All that remains is to sort out safety during design and construction - and the “peaceful atom” will have no enemies left! So, which nuclear power plants are the most powerful and where are they located?

The total capacity of this “French” is 5320 MW. It is also located on the coast, but has one interesting feature: in the immediate vicinity of the nuclear power plant there is the Paluel commune (after which, in fact, the station is named), and so, almost all of the station’s 1,200 employees are residents of this very commune. A truly “Soviet” approach to the problem of employment!

The most powerful US nuclear power plant is only in eighth position on our list. The three reactors of this station produce a power of 4174 MW. This is not the highest figure today, but this nuclear power plant is unique in its own way. The fact is that Wintersburg is the only nuclear power plant in the world that is not located on the shore of a large body of water. The technical highlight of this nuclear power plant is that wastewater from nearby settlements (the city of Palo Verde, for example) is used to cool the reactors. One can only be surprised at the determination of American engineers who, contrary to safety traditions, decided to take such a bold step when designing this nuclear power plant.

The most powerful nuclear power plant in Russia was put into operation in 1985. Today its total capacity is 4000 MW. The nuclear power plant is located on the shore of the Saratov reservoir and provides a fifth of the energy production of all nuclear power plants in Russia. The station's staff is 3,770 people. Balakovo NPP is the “pioneer” of all nuclear fuel research in Russia. In general, we can say that all the latest developments were put into operation at this nuclear power plant. And only after passing practical tests here, they received permission for use at other nuclear power plants in Russia and other countries.

The last station on our list is located on the island of Honshu in Japan. The power of this nuclear power plant is 3617 MW. Today, 3 out of 5 reactors are in operation. The remaining 2 have been stopped due to technical work to improve safety and protection from natural disasters. And again, after Fukushima, the Japanese demonstrate high professionalism and organization, in relation not only to themselves, but also to the whole world.

As soon as scientists managed to carry out a reaction to split the atomic nucleus, the question immediately arose about the prospects practical application this remarkable discovery. Considering the political situation developing in the world, it is natural that the first application for the new discovery was to use it to create a weapon of unprecedented power - the atomic bomb. But, in parallel with the use of the reaction of fission of the atomic nucleus for mass murder, a number of scientists raised the question of a “peaceful atom”.

The leadership in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes was immediately seized by the Soviet Union. Already in 1954, the first industrial nuclear power plant was built in Obninsk. Its power was 5 MW. However, Western countries did not remain aloof from the opportunity to join the use of such a powerful source of energy. Great Britain was the first to commission an industrial nuclear reactor in 1956, and the nuclear power plant was named Calder Hall. A year later, a similar power plant was built in the USA in the town of Shippingport. Its power was 69 MW and at that time it was the most powerful nuclear power plant.

Naturally, like any other work of human hands, the development of nuclear energy could not do without accidents. Let's look at the most famous of them.

Three most famous nuclear power plant accidents

Trimal Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident

This incident is the largest nuclear disaster in the United States to date. On March 28, 1979, more than half of the core of the second reactor melted. This led to the release of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere, and the local river was contaminated with water containing radioactive elements. Due to the accident, about 200,000 people living in the danger zone were evacuated.

Accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant

As a result of the powerful earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, the reactor cooling system in the first unit of the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant was shut down in Japan. This led to a fuel melt and explosion. The result was the emergence of a ten-kilometer exclusion zone around the plant and a revision of energy policy by the Japanese government

The Chernobyl accident

The largest nuclear disaster to date occurred on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As a result of the destruction of part of the reactor core at power unit No. 4, more than 8 tons of radioactive fuel were released into the air. The area within a radius of thirty kilometers was contaminated with radiation, and the total area of the zone that experienced the consequences of this accident exceeded 160 thousand km2.

From this short list of disasters, it is clear that nuclear power plants can pose a serious danger. So why do they not only continue to be used, but also why is there a constant increase in the number of countries wishing to build a nuclear power plant on their territory? There are several reasons for this.

The main advantages of nuclear energy

Nuclear power plants are environmentally friendly. They do not emit into the atmosphere harmful substances(if, of course, they operate normally) like thermal stations and do not burn oxygen. For their construction there is no need to flood a huge territory, which is a necessary condition for the construction of a hydroelectric power station. However, there are two problems: nuclear power plants are characterized by a high level of thermal pollution and the disposal of spent fuel is necessary. And if the first problem can be solved by using the resulting heat in the economy, then recycling spent fuel for reactors still remains a difficult task.

The cost of nuclear energy is relatively low and is little subject to price fluctuations. If hydrocarbon prices are constantly changing, then the price of fuel for nuclear power plants is more stable.

Fuel for nuclear power plants has a very small volume, especially compared to coal-fired power plants, which makes it possible to build nuclear power plants without regard to the availability of raw materials. What is even more important is that the explored reserves of uranium ores are still very far from being fully depleted, unlike, for example, oil and gas reserves.

The most powerful nuclear power plants in the world

There are now almost two hundred nuclear power plants operating in the world. Their geography is quite extensive - there are nuclear power plants in 31 countries. Let's take a closer look at the largest nuclear power plants. Here are the top five nuclear power plants with the largest installed capacity.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan)

This power plant has seven boiling water reactors (of which two are improved). Its power is 7965 MW. After the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, it was decommissioned, but in 2012 it came back into operation.

Zaporozhye (Ukraine)

This power plant is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Its six reactors can generate power of 6,000 MW.

Hanul (South Korea)

It is one of the pair of largest nuclear power plants in South Korea. It has six operating and two reactors under construction. The power of the commissioned reactors is 5881 megawatts.

Hanbit (South Korea)

The power of the six pressurized water reactors at the Hanbit power station is 5875 MW. Until 2013, this station was called Yongwan, but due to requests from local fishermen, it received a new name, since many buyers associated the caught fish with nuclear energy.

Nord (France)

This power plant is located in the canton of Gravelines. It is the most powerful nuclear power plant in France, and its capacity is 5460 MW.

What about Russia? What place does nuclear energy occupy in its home country? There are currently 10 nuclear power plants in operation in Russia, producing 18% of all electricity generated in the country. The share of nuclear energy in the overall energy balance is not very large, which is understandable given the country’s rich hydrocarbon reserves and huge hydro potential.

It is quite difficult to determine the most powerful nuclear power plant in Russia - four nuclear power plants have four reactors, each of which has a capacity of 1000 megawatts. These are Balakovo, Leningrad, Kursk and Kalinin nuclear power plants. Therefore, to determine the largest nuclear power plant in Russian Federation it is necessary to resort to an additional indicator - generated electricity per year. According to this indicator, the title of “the largest nuclear power plant in Russia” belongs to the Balakovo NPP - it produces more than 30 billion kWh per year. The same power plant also occupies an honorable tenth place in the world ranking of the most powerful nuclear power plants.

Due to the ever-decreasing reserves of hydrocarbon raw materials and the high cost alternative energy, nuclear energy has all the prerequisites to take a leading position in the issue of providing humanity with electricity. Unless, of course, a breakthrough in the field of controlled thermonuclear reactions is achieved in the near future.

On the left bank of the Saratov Reservoir. Consists of four VVER-1000 units, commissioned in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1993.

Balakovo NPP is one of the four largest nuclear power plants in Russia, with the same capacity of 4000 MW each. It produces more than 30 billion kWh of electricity annually. If the second stage, the construction of which was mothballed in the 1990s, is put into operation, the station could be equal to the most powerful Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Europe.

The Balakovo NPP operates in the base part of the load schedule of the United Energy System of the Middle Volga.

Beloyarsk NPP

Four power units were built at the station: two with thermal neutron reactors and two with fast neutron reactors. Currently, the operating power units are the 3rd and 4th power units with BN-600 and BN-800 reactors with an electrical power of 600 MW and 880 MW, respectively. BN-600 was put into operation in April - the world's first power unit industrial scale with a fast neutron reactor. BN-800 delivered to industrial operation in November 2016. It is also the world's largest fast reactor power unit.

The first two power units with water-graphite channel reactors AMB-100 and AMB-200 operated in - and -1989 and were stopped due to resource exhaustion. The fuel from the reactors has been unloaded and is in long-term storage in special cooling pools located in the same building as the reactors. All technological systems whose operation is not required for safety reasons have been stopped. Only ventilation systems are in operation to maintain temperature regime in the premises and a radiation monitoring system, the operation of which is ensured by qualified personnel around the clock.

Bilibino NPP

Located near the city of Bilibino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. It consists of four EGP-6 units with a capacity of 12 MW each, commissioned in 1974 (two units), 1975 and 1976.

Generates electrical and thermal energy.

Kalinin NPP

Kalinin NPP is one of the four largest nuclear power plants in Russia, with the same capacity of 4000 MW each. Located in the north of the Tver region, on the southern shore of Lake Udomlya and near the city of the same name.

It consists of four power units, with VVER-1000 type reactors, with an electrical capacity of 1000 MW, which were put into operation in , , and 2011.

Kola NPP

Located near the city of Polyarnye Zori, Murmansk region, on the shores of Lake Imandra. Consists of four VVER-440 units, commissioned in 1973, 1974, 1981 and 1984.

The power of the station is 1760 MW.

Kursk NPP

Kursk NPP is one of the four largest nuclear power plants in Russia, with the same capacity of 4000 MW each. Located near the city of Kurchatov, Kursk region, on the banks of the Seim River. Consists of four RBMK-1000 units, commissioned in 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1985.

The power of the station is 4000 MW.

Leningrad NPP

Leningrad NPP is one of the four largest nuclear power plants in Russia, with the same capacity of 4000 MW each. Located near the city of Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Region, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Consists of four RBMK-1000 units, commissioned in 1973, 1975, 1979 and 1981.

Novovoronezh NPP

In 2008, the nuclear power plant produced 8.12 billion kWh of electricity. The installed capacity utilization factor (IUR) was 92.45%. Since its launch () it has generated over 60 billion kWh of electricity.

Smolensk NPP

Located near the city of Desnogorsk, Smolensk region. The station consists of three power units with RBMK-1000 type reactors, which were put into operation in 1982, 1985 and 1990. Each power unit includes: one reactor with a thermal power of 3200 MW and two turbogenerators with an electrical power of 500 MW each.

Where in Russia was the nuclear power plant mothballed?

Baltic NPP

The nuclear power plant, consisting of two power units with a total capacity of 2.3 GW, has been built since 2010 in the Kaliningrad region, the energy security of which it was intended to ensure. The first Rosatom facility to which it was planned to admit foreign investors was energy companies interested in purchasing surplus energy generated by nuclear power plants. The cost of the project with infrastructure was estimated at 225 billion rubles.Construction was frozen in 2014 due to possible difficulties with the sale of electricity abroad after the aggravation of the foreign policy situation.

In the future, it is possible to complete the construction of nuclear power plants, including those with less powerful reactors.

Unfinished nuclear power plants, the construction of which is not planned to be resumed

All these nuclear power plants were mothballed in the 1980s - 1990s. due to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the economic crisis, the subsequent collapse of the USSR and the fact that they found themselves on the territory of newly formed states that could not afford such construction. Some of the construction sites of these stations in Russia may be involved in the construction of new nuclear power plants after 2020. These nuclear power plants include:

Bashkir NPP
Crimean NPP
Tatar NPP
Chigirinskaya NPP (GRES) (remained in Ukraine)

Also at the same time, for safety reasons, under pressure from public opinion, the construction of nuclear heat supply stations and nuclear combined heat and power plants, which were in a high degree of readiness, intended to supply hot water to large cities, was canceled:

Voronezh AST
Gorky AST
Minsk ATPP (remained in Belarus, completed as a regular CHPP - Minsk CHPP-5)
Odessa ATPP (remained in Ukraine).
Kharkov ATPP (remained in Ukraine)

Outside the former USSR, for various reasons, several more nuclear power plants of domestic projects were not completed:

Belene Nuclear Power Plant (Bulgaria)
Zarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant (Poland) - construction was stopped in 1990, most likely for economic and political reasons, including the influence of public opinion after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
Sinpo Nuclear Power Plant (DPRK).
Juragua Nuclear Power Plant (Cuba) - construction was stopped at a very high level of readiness in 1992 due to economic difficulties after the end of USSR assistance.
Stendal Nuclear Power Plant (GDR, later Germany) - construction was canceled to a high degree of readiness with repurposing into a pulp and paper mill due to the country's refusal to build nuclear power plants at all.

Uranium production

Russia has proven reserves of uranium ores, estimated at 615 thousand tons of uranium in 2006.

The main uranium mining company, the Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association, produces 93% of Russian uranium, providing 1/3 of the need for raw materials.

In 2009, the increase in uranium production was 25% compared to 2008.

Construction of reactors

Dynamics by number of power units (pcs)

Dynamics by total power (GW)

Russia has a large national program for the development of nuclear energy, including the construction of 28 nuclear reactors in the coming years. Thus, the commissioning of the first and second power units of Novovoronezh NPP-2 was supposed to take place in 2013-2015, but was postponed to at least the summer of 2016.

As of March 2016, 7 nuclear power units are being built in Russia, as well as a floating nuclear power plant.

On August 1, 2016, the construction of 8 new nuclear power plants until 2030 was approved.

Nuclear power plants under construction

Baltic NPP

The Baltic Nuclear Power Plant is being built near the city of Neman, in the Kaliningrad region. The station will consist of two VVER-1200 power units. Construction of the first block was planned to be completed in 2017, the second block - in 2019.

In mid-2013, a decision was made to freeze construction.

In April 2014, construction of the station was suspended.

Leningrad NPP-2

Others

Construction plans are also being worked out:

Kola NPP-2 (in the Murmansk region)
Primorskaya NPP (in Primorsky Krai)
Seversk NPP (in Tomsk region)

It is possible to resume construction on sites laid out back in the 1980s, but according to updated projects:

Central Nuclear Power Plant (in the Kostroma region)
South Ural Nuclear Power Plant (in the Chelyabinsk region)

International projects of Russia in nuclear energy

At the beginning of 2010, Russia had 16% of the market for construction and operation services

On September 23, 2013, Russia transferred the Bushehr nuclear power plant to Iran for operation.

As of March 2013, Russian company Atomstroyexport is building 3 nuclear power units abroad: two units of the Kudankulam NPP in India and one unit of the Tianwan NPP in China. The completion of two units of the Belene nuclear power plant in Bulgaria was canceled in 2012.

Currently, Rosatom owns 40% of the world market for uranium enrichment services and 17% of the market for the supply of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants. Russia has large complex contracts in the field of nuclear energy with India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Iran, Turkey, Finland, South Africa and with a number of countries in Eastern Europe. Complex contracts in the design and construction of nuclear power units, as well as in fuel supplies, are likely with Argentina, Belarus, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, ... STO 1.1.1.02.001.0673-2006. PBYa RU AS-89 (PNAE G - 1 - 024 - 90)

In 2011, Russian nuclear power plants generated 172.7 billion kWh, which amounted to 16.6% of the total output in the Unified Energy System of Russia. The volume of electricity supplied amounted to 161.6 billion kWh.

In 2012, Russian nuclear power plants generated 177.3 billion kWh, which amounted to 17.1% of the total output in the Unified Energy System of Russia. The volume of electricity supplied amounted to 165.727 billion kWh.

In 2018, generation at Russian nuclear power plants amounted to 196.4 billion kWh, which amounted to 18.7% of the total generation in the Unified Energy System of Russia.

The share of nuclear generation in the overall energy balance of Russia is about 18%. Nuclear energy is of high importance in the European part of Russia and especially in the north-west, where production at nuclear power plants reaches 42%.

After the launch of the second power unit of the Volgodonsk NPP in 2010, Russian Prime Minister V.V. Putin announced plans to increase nuclear generation in Russia’s overall energy balance from 16% to 20-30%.

The developments of the draft Energy Strategy of Russia for the period until 2030 provide for an increase in electricity production by nuclear power plants 4 times.

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