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Nuclear power in Ukraine

Ukraine operates 15 nuclear power reactors across 9 sites, with 13.8 GW of gross capacity. 4 units have been retired.

Operating
15
13.8 GW gross
Under construction
0
Planned
4
incl. 0 announced
Retired
4
14 cancelled

Operating fleet by type: PWR (15). Principal operator: SE NNEGC "Energoatom".

Position in the fuel chain

FacilityStageOperatorCapacity / output
Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility dry_storage Energoatom not disclosed
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant — Ukraine: 6 units, 6,678 MW Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — Ukraine: 6 units, 6,000 MW South Ukraine nuclear power plant — Ukraine: 3 units, 3,000 MW Rivne nuclear power plant — Ukraine: 4 units, 2,835 MW
Operating 15Pre-construction 4 circle area ∝ site capacity Nuclear sites in Ukraine.

All units in Ukraine

UnitSiteStatusTypeGross MWOnline
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 1 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1988
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 2 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2005
Rivne nuclear power plant 1 Rivne nuclear power plant Operating PWR 420 1981
Rivne nuclear power plant 2 Rivne nuclear power plant Operating PWR 415 1982
Rivne nuclear power plant 3 Rivne nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1987
Rivne nuclear power plant 4 Rivne nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2006
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 1 South Ukraine nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1983
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 2 South Ukraine nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1985
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 3 South Ukraine nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1989
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 1 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1985
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 2 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1986
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 3 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1987
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 4 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1988
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 5 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1989
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 6 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1996
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 3 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,089
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 4 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,089
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 5 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2032
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 6 Khmelnitski nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2032
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 1 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 800 1978
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 2 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1979
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 3 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1982
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 4 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1984
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 5 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,000
Chernobyl nuclear power plant 6 Chernobyl nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,000
Chyhyryn nuclear power plant 1 Chyhyryn nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Chyhyryn nuclear power plant 2 Chyhyryn nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Chyhyryn nuclear power plant 3 Chyhyryn nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Chyhyryn nuclear power plant 4 Chyhyryn nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Crimean nuclear power plant 1 Crimean nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950
Crimean nuclear power plant 2 Crimean nuclear power plant Cancelled 950
Crimean nuclear power plant 3 Crimean nuclear power plant Cancelled 950
Crimean nuclear power plant 4 Crimean nuclear power plant Cancelled 950
Kharkiv nuclear power plant 1 Kharkiv nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Kharkiv nuclear power plant 2 Kharkiv nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Odessa nuclear power plant 1 Odessa nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Odessa nuclear power plant 2 Odessa nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,000
Rivne nuclear power plant 5 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) PWR 1,250
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 1 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 2 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 3 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 4 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 5 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
Rivne nuclear power plant SMR 6 Rivne nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) 160
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 4 South Ukraine nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) PWR 1,250
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 5 South Ukraine nuclear power plant Shelved (inferred) PWR 1,250

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