Astravets nuclear power plant
Astravets nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Belarus with 2 operating units totalling 2,388 MW gross. The site has 3 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | PWR | VVER V-491 | 1,194 | 2021 | |
| Unit 2 | PWR | VVER V-491 | 1,194 | 2023 | |
| Unit 3 | Pre-construction | PWR | VVER-1200/V-491 | 1,200 | 2035 |
Unit by unit
Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.
Astravets nuclear power plant 1
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200/V-491 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,194MW |
| Net capacity | 1,110MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant"100% |
| Operator | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant" |
| Construction start | 8 Nov 2013 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 11 Oct 2020 |
| Grid connection | 3 Nov 2020 |
| Commercial operation | 10 Jun 2021 |
Astravets nuclear power plant 2
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200/V-491 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,194MW |
| Net capacity | 1,110MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant"100% |
| Operator | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant" |
| Construction start | 27 Apr 2014 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 25 Mar 2023 |
| Grid connection | 13 May 2023 |
| Commercial operation | 1 Nov 2023 |
Astravets nuclear power plant 3 Pre-construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200/V-491 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2035 |
|---|
Astravets nuclear power plant in context
Astravets nuclear power plant is the only operating nuclear site in Belarus on record, so it holds all of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 68th of 172 operating sites worldwide by gross capacity.
Its operating units started up between 2021 and 2023; the median unit is 4.0 years old.
The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.0 to 9.0 years (median 8.0) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2020s is 7.7 years.
No other nuclear site with an exact position in this dataset lies within 300 km.
Build time by unit
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 2013 | 2020 | 7.0 | 7.7 (2020s) |
| Unit 2 | 2014 | 2023 | 9.0 | 7.7 (2020s) |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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| Time (UTC) | Mag | Depth | Epicentre | Distance |
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Astravets nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Varnianski sieĺski Saviet, Hrodzienskaja, Belarus |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 54.7598, 26.0937 |
| Elevation | about 180 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 290 km from the sea |
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Units by status | Operating: 2 Pre-construction: 1 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant" |
|---|---|
| Operators | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant" |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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