Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Control room at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia Kursk Oblast
Country	Russia
Coordinates	51°40′30″N 35°36′20″E / 51.67500°N 35.60556°E / 51.67500; 35.60556Coordinates: 51°40′30″N 35°36′20″E / 51.67500°N 35.60556°E / 51.67500; 35.60556
Status	Operational
Construction began	June 1, 1972
Commission date	October 12, 1977
Operator(s)	Rosenergoatom
Power generation
Units operational	4 x 1000 MW
Annual generation	22,760 GWh

The Nuclear power station Kursk (Russian: Курская АЭС [ pronunciation ]) is located in western Russia on the bank of the Seym River about 40 kilometers west of the city of Kursk. 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 the now obsolete RBMK type, the same type used at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The plant was originally equipped with two reactors. Two more reactors were added between 1983 and 1985.

The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and the neighbouring town of Kurchatov stood in for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Pripyat for the production of the 1991 American television movie Chernobyl: The Final Warning.

Reactor data

The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has 4 operational units:

See also

• Nuclear power in Russia

References

External links

• Kursk NPP home page at Energoatom (English version).
• About Kursk NPP at Bellona Foundation.