Nuclear power in Russia

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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.

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Recent history

In accord with legislation passed in 2001, all Russian civil reactors are operated by Energoatom. More recently in 2007 Russian Parliament adopted the law "On the peculiarities of the management and disposition of the property and shares of organizations using nuclear energy and on relevant changes to some legislative acts of the Russian Federation", which created Atomenergoprom - a holding company for all Russian civil nuclear industry, including Energoatom, nuclear fuel producer and supplier TVEL, uranium trader Tekhsnabexport (Tenex) and nuclear facilities constructor Atomstroyexport.

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Global status of nuclear deployment as of 2017 (source: see file description)
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The overnight cost of construction in the seventies was a low 800 $/kW in 2016 dollars. [2] In 2019 a S&P Global Ratings report stated Russia's nuclear construction costs were well below European levels because of vertical integration, good learning-curve effects from serial production, and the large currency devaluation of 2014. [3]

The Russian nuclear industry employs around 200,000 people. [4] Russia is recognized for its nuclear disaster expertise and for the safety of its technology. Statements made in review of Russian reactor safety [8] that "Requirements on placing the nuclear installation should not contain additional restrictions in comparison with other industrial facilities," suggest that nuclear plants could be placed within cities and are not considered to pose exceptional dangers. [5] [6] [7] [8] Russia is also pursuing an ambitious plan to increase sales of Russian-built reactors overseas, [9] and had 39 reactors under construction or planned overseas as of 2018. [10]

The VVER-1200 pressurised water reactor is the system currently offered for construction, being an evolution of the VVER-1000 with increased power output to about 1200 MWe (gross) and providing additional passive safety features. [11] In August 2016 the first VVER-1200, Novovoronezh II-1, was connected to the grid. [12]

Through its membership in the multi-nation ITER project, Russia participates in the design of nuclear fusion reactors.

In 2013 the Russian state allocated 80.6 billion rubles ($2.4 billion) toward the growth of its nuclear industry, especially export projects where Russian companies build, own and operate the power station, such as the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. [13]

In 2016 initial plans were announced to build 11 new nuclear power reactors by 2030, including the first VVER-600, a smaller two cooling circuit version of the VVER-1200, designed for smaller regions and markets. [14] Outline plans for near-surface disposal facilities for low and intermediate-level waste, and deep burial disposal facilities for high-level waste were also approved in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region. [14]

In October 2017 Rosatom was reported to be considering postponing commissioning new nuclear plants in Russia due to excess generation capacity and that new nuclear electricity prices are higher than for existing plant. The Russian government is considering reducing support for new nuclear under its support contracts, called Dogovor Postavki Moshnosti (DPM), which guarantee developers a return on investment through increased payments from consumers for 20 years. [15] In 2019 a S&P Global Ratings report stated that "We expect domestic nuclear capacity to increase only moderately because electricity demand in Russia is stagnating, given only modest GDP growth, a significant potential for energy savings, and the government's intention to avoid raising electricity prices through additional increases in capacity payments". [3]

Russia's first-floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is equipped to provide power to a remote Russian town on the Bering Strait. The nuclear unit features small modular reactors (SMRs) technology. [16]

Nuclear power reactors

Reactors in operation

Nuclear power plants in Russia (view)
Green pog.svg  Active plants
Black pog.svg  Closed plants
Purple pog.svg  Unfinished plants
Blue pog.svg  Plants under construction

Eleven of Russia's reactors are of the RBMK 1000 type, similar to the one at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Some of these RBMK reactors were originally to be shut down but have instead been given life extensions and uprated in output by about 5%. Critics say that these reactors are of an "inherently unsafe design", which cannot be improved through upgrades and modernization, and some reactor parts are impossible to replace. Russian environmental groups say that the lifetime extensions "violate Russian law, because the projects have not undergone environmental assessments". [17]

Control room of a VVER-1000 in 2009, Kozloduy Unit 5 Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant - Control Room of Unit 5.jpg
Control room of a VVER-1000 in 2009, Kozloduy Unit 5
Plant
name
Unit
No.
TypeModelStatusCapacity
(MW)
Begin
building
Commercial
operation
Closed
Akademik Lomonosov 1 PWR KLT-40S Operational3215 Apr 200719 Dec 2019 [18]
2 PWR KLT-40S Operational3215 Apr 200719 Dec 2019
Balakovo 1 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Dec 198023 May 1986
2 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Aug 198118 Jan 1988
3 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Nov 19828 Apr 1989
4 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Apr 198422 Dec 1993
Beloyarsk 1 LWGR AMB-100Shut down1021 Jun 195826 Apr 19641 Jan 1983
2LWGRAMB-200Shut down1461 Jan 19621 Dec 19691 Jan 1990
3 SFR BN-600 Operational5601 Jan 19691 Nov 1981
4 SFR BN-800 Operational78918 Jul 200610 Dec 2015
5 SFR BN-1200 Planned1100
Bilibino 1LWGR EGP-6 Shut down111 Jan 19701 Apr 197414 Jan 2019
2LWGR EGP-6 Operational111 Jan 19701 Feb 1975
3LWGR EGP-6 Operational111 Jan 19701 Feb 1976
4LWGR EGP-6 Operational111 Jan 19701 Jan 1977
Kalinin 1 PWR VVER-1000/V-338Operational9501 Feb 197712 Jun 1985
2 PWR VVER-1000/V-338Operational9501 Feb 19823 Mar 1987
3 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Oct 19858 Nov 2005
4 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Aug 198625 Dec 2012
Kaliningrad 1 PWR VVER-1200/V-491Under construction
(suspended) [19]
110922 Feb 2012
2 PWR VVER-1200/V-491Planned1109
Kola 1 PWR VVER-440/V-230Operational4411 May 197028 Dec 1973
2 PWR VVER-440/V-230Operational4411 May 197021 Feb 1975
3 PWR VVER-440/V-213Operational4411 Apr 19773 Dec 1982
4 PWR VVER-440/V-213Operational4411 Aug 19766 Dec 1984
Kola II [19] [20] 1 PWR VVER-S-600Planned600(2028)(2034)
2 PWR VVER-S-600Planned600(2028)(2034)
Kostroma 1 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001979
2 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001979
3 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001979
4 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001979
Kursk 1 LWGR RBMK-1000 Shut down9251 Jun 197212 Oct 197719 Dec 2021
2 LWGR RBMK-1000 Shut down9251 Jan 197317 Aug 197931 Jan 2024 [21]
3 LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 Apr 197830 Mar 1984
4 LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 May 19815 Feb 1986
5 LWGR RBMK-1000 Unfinished9251985
6 LWGR RBMK-1000 Unfinished9251985
Kursk II 1 PWR VVER-TOI/V-510Under construction111529 Apr 2018
2 PWR VVER-TOI/V-510Under construction111515 Apr 2019 [22]
3 PWR VVER-TOIPlanned1115
4 PWR VVER-TOIPlanned1115
Leningrad 1 LWGR RBMK-1000 Shut down9251 Mar 19701 Nov 197421 Dec 2018 [23]
2 LWGR RBMK-1000 Shut down9251 Jun 197011 Feb 197610 Nov 2020
3 LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 Dec 197329 Jun 1980
4 LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 Feb 197529 Aug 1981
Leningrad II [24] 1 PWR VVER-1200/V-491Operational108525 Oct 200829 Oct 2018
2 PWR VVER-1200/V-491Operational108515 Apr 201022 Mar 2021
3 PWR VVER-1200Planned1085(2024) [25] (2030)
4 PWR VVER-1200Planned1085(2025)(2032)
MPEB No. 1 [26] [27] [28] 1 PWR RITM-200SUnder construction5330 Aug 2022 [29] (2027)
2 PWR RITM-200SUnder construction5330 Aug 2022 [29] (2027)
MPEB No. 21 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2027)
2 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2027)
MPEB No. 31 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2028)
2 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2028)
MPEB No. 41 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2031)
2 PWR RITM-200SPlanned53(2022)(2031)
Nizhny Novgorod 1 PWR VVER-1200 Planned1300
2 PWR VVER-1200 Planned1300
3 PWR VVER-1200 Planned1300
4 PWR VVER-1200 Planned1300
Novovoronezh 1 PWR VVER/V-210Shut down1971 Jul 195731 Dec 196416 Feb 1988
2 PWR VVER/V-365Shut down3361 Jun 196414 Apr 197029 Aug 1990
3 PWR VVER-440/V-179Shut down3851 Jul 196729 Jun 197225 Dec 2016
4 PWR VVER 440/V-179Operational3851 Jul 196724 Mar 1973
5 PWR VVER-1000/V-187Operational9501 Mar 197420 Feb 1981
Novovoronezh II 1 PWR VVER-1200/V-392MOperational111424 Jun 200827 Feb 2017
2 PWR VVER-1200/V-392MOperational111412 Jul 20096 Nov 2019
3 PWR VVER-1200Planned1175
4 PWR VVER-1200Planned1175
Obninsk 1LWGRAM-1Shut down51 Jan 19511 Dec 195429 Apr 2002
Rostov 1 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 Sep 198125 Dec 2001
2 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational9501 May 198310 Dec 2010
3 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational95015 Sep 200927 Dec 2014
4 PWR VVER-1000/V-320Operational101116 Jun 201028 Sep 2018
Sakha 1 PWR RITM-200NPlanned55(2024) [30] (2028)
Seversk 1 FBR BREST-300 Under construction2808 Jun 2021 [31] (2026)
South Urals 1 FBR BN-1200 Unfinished; restart planned11001982
2 FBR BN-1200 Unfinished; restart planned11001982
3 FBR BN-1200 Unfinished; restart planned11001982
Smolensk 1LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 Oct 197530 Sep 1983
2LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 Jun 19762 Jul 1985
3LWGR RBMK-1000 Operational9251 May 198412 Oct 1990
Smolensk II [32] [33] 1 PWR VVER-TOI Planned1300
2 PWR VVER-TOI Planned1300
Tatar 1 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001980
2 PWR VVER-1200 Unfinished; restart planned13001980

International projects

CountryNPP ReactorTypeMWe netMWe grossConstruction startCommercially operational
Bangladesh Ruppur-1 VVER-1200/523 1080 1200 2017-11-30 2024
Ruppur-2 VVER-1200/523 1080 1200 2018-07-14 2025
Belarus Belarusian-1 VVER-1200/491 1110 1194 2013-11-08 2021-06-10
Belarusian-2 VVER-1200/491 1110 1194 2014-06-03 2023
China Tianwan-1 VVER-1000/428 990 1060 1999-10-20 2007-05-17
Tianwan-2 VVER-1000/428 990 1060 2000-10-20 2007-08-16
Tianwan-3 VVER-1000/428М 1060 1126 2012-12-27 2018-02-14
Tianwan-4 VVER-1000/428М 1060 1126 2013-09-27 2018-12-22
Tianwan-7 VVER-1200/491 1100 1200 2021-05-19 2026
Tianwan-8 VVER-1200/491 1100 1200 2022-02-25 2027
Xudabao-3 VVER-1200/491 1100 1200 2021-07-28 2026
Xudabao-4 VVER-1200/491 1100 1200 2022-05-19 2027
Egypt El Dabaa-1 VVER-1200/529 1100 1200 2022-07-20
El Dabaa-2 VVER-1200/529 1100 1200 2022-11-19
El Dabaa-3 VVER-1200/529 1100 1200 2023-05-03
El Dabaa-4 VVER-1200/529 1100 1200 2024-01-23
Finland Hanhikivi-1 VVER-1200/AES-2006 1200 cancelled cancelled
India Kudankulam-1 VVER-1000/412 932 1000 2002-03-31 2014-12-31
Kudankulam-2 VVER-1000/412 932 1000 2002-07-04 2017-03-31
Kudankulam-3 VVER-1000/412 917 1000 2017-06-29 2025
Kudankulam-4 VVER-1000/412 917 1000 2017-10-23 2025
Kudankulam-5 VVER-1000/412 917 1000 2021-06-29 2027
Kudankulam-6 VVER-1000/412 917 1000 2021-12-20 2027
Iran Bushehr-1 VVER-1000/446 915 1000 1975-05-01 (1995) 2013-09-23
Bushehr-2 VVER-1000/446 915 1000 2016-09-10 2025
Bushehr-3 VVER-1000/446 915 1000 2016-09-10 2027
Turkey Akkuyu-1 VVER-1200/509 1114 1200 2018-04-03 2023
Akkuyu-2 VVER-1200/509 1114 1200 2020-04-08 2024
Akkuyu-3 VVER-1200/509 1114 1200 2021-03-10 2025
Akkuyu-4 VVER-1200/509 1114 1200 2022-07-21 2026
Ukraine Khmelnytskyi-3/4 VVER-1000/392B 950 1000 cancelled cancelled
Vietnam Ninh Thuan 1-1/2 VVER-1000/428 950 1000 cancelled cancelled
Ninh Thuan 1-3/4 VVER-1000/428 950 1000 cancelled cancelled

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]

Nuclear engineering companies

Safety

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]

See also

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