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Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Data
Country	Russia
Operator	Energoatom
Built	June 1, 1972
Start of commercial operation	October 12, 1977
Reactors
Reactors active	4 (4,000 MW)
Reactors under construction	1 (1,000 MW)
Reactors canceled	1 (1,000 MW)
Power
Total power generation in 2006	22,760 GW·h
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs)	21,963 GW·h
Net generation	536,921 GW·h
Other details
As of July 22, 2007

The Nuclear power station Kursk (Russian: Курская АЭС) is located in western Russia on the bank of the Seym River about 40 kilometers southeast 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. Four more reactors were added between 1976 and 1985.

Reactor data

The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has six units and the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II has one unit:

Trivia

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.

References

1. ^ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: „Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors“
2. ^ Kursk-6 on the PRIS of the IAEA
3. ^ Kursk 2-1 on the PRIS of the IAEA

See also

• Nuclear power in Russia

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°40′30″N 35°36′20″E / 51.675°N 35.60556°E / 51.675; 35.60556