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Nuclear power in Russia

Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy. In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh, 20.28% of all power generation.[1] The installed gross capacity of Russian nuclear reactors is 29.4 GW in December 2020.

Power Units 3/4 (Czech Republic)

Temelin NPP

Jordan NPP (single-unit NPP with an option for the second power unit)

[35]

Power Units 3/4 (Armenia)

Metsamor NPP

NPP with the Reactor Plant (Kazakhstan)

VBER-300

(China)

Sanming NPP

In addition Atomstroyexport challenging NPP projects list contains:[34]


In March 2022, Russian captured the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, now operated by Rosatom.


In August 2022, the Hungarian Nuclear Energy Authority authorized Rosatom to expand the nuclear power plant at Paks with two new VVER reactors with capacity of 1.2 gigawatts each.[36]

: power engineering company; produces steam generators for NPPs

Atomenergomash

: by far Russia's largest nuclear engineering company designed to build up to 8 reactors per year.

Atommash

: nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly

Atomstroyexport

: nuclear reactor design and engineering company. The world's leading company in production of fast breeder reactors.

OKBM Afrikantov

: nuclear reactor design and engineering company

OKB Gidropress

Safety[edit]

Russia, responding to the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents, will perform a 'stress test' on all its reactors "to judge their ability to withstand earthquakes more powerful than the original design anticipated".[37]

Energy policy of Russia

Rosatom

Russian floating nuclear power station

Nuclear energy policy

(Cuba)

Juragua Nuclear Power Plant

Official website

World Nuclear Association: Nuclear Power in Russia

World-nuclear.org