Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
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| Kursk Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Built | June 1, 1972 |
| Start of commercial operation | October 12, 1977 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactors active | 4 (4,000 MW) |
| Reactors under construction | 1 (1000 MW) |
| Power | |
| Capacity | MW |
| Total power generation in 2006 | 22,760 GWh |
| Average annual generation (last 5 yrs) | 21,963 GWh |
| Net generation | 536,921 GWh |
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The Nuclear power station Kursk (Russian: КурскаяАЭС) is about 40 kilometers southeast to the city Kursk in west Russia, on the bank of the Seym River. The nearby town of Kurchatov was founded when construction of the plant began.
The plant feeds the grid for Kursk Oblast and 19 other regions.
The reactors at the plant are of the now obsolete type, RBMK the same type used the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Between 1976 and 1985 the number of reactors expanded to four.
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