Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant 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 .
In 2018, the first concrete construction started on Kursk-II-1, a VVER-TOI reactor. Kursk-II-1 and II-2 will replace Kursk 1 and 2 which are approaching end of life.
Reactor data
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has 4 operational units:| Unit | Reactor type | Net capacity | Gross capacity | Construction started | Electricity Grid | Commercial Operation | Shutdown |
| Kursk 1 | RBMK-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1972-06-01 | 1976-12-19 | 1977-10-12 | 2021 planned |
| Kursk 2 | RBMK-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1973-01-01 | 1979-01-28 | 1979-08-17 | 2024 planned |
| Kursk 3 | RBMK-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1978-04-01 | 1983-10-17 | 1984-03-30 | 2029 planned |
| Kursk 4 | RBMK-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1981-05-01 | 1985-12-02 | 1986-02-05 | 2030 planned |
| Kursk 5 | MKER-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1985-12-01 | - | - | Construction stopped 2012-08-15 |
| Kursk 6 | RBMK-1000 | 925 MW | 1,000 MW | 1986-08-01 | - | - | Construction cancelled 1993-12-01 |
| Kursk II-1 | VVER-1300/510 | 1,115 MW | 1,255 MW | 2018-04-29 | - | - | - |
| Kursk II-2 | VVER-1300/510 | 1,115 MW | 1,255 MW | 2019-04-15 | - | - | - |