Bushehr nuclear power plant
Bushehr nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Iran with 1 operating unit totalling 1,000 MW gross. The site has 3 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | PWR | VVER V-446 | 1,000 | 2013 | |
| Unit 2 | Under construction | PWR | V-528 VVER-1000 AES-92 GIII+ | 1,057 | 2029 |
| Unit 3 | Pre-construction | PWR | VVER V-528 | 1,057 | 2031 |
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.
Bushehr nuclear power plant 1
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-446 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,000MW |
| Net capacity | 915MW |
| Thermal output | 3,000MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran |
| Construction start | 1 May 1975 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 8 May 2011 |
| Grid connection | 3 Sep 2011 |
| Commercial operation | 23 Sep 2013 |
Bushehr nuclear power plant 2 Under construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | V-528 VVER-1000 AES-92 GIII+ |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,057MW |
| Net capacity | 974MW |
| Thermal output | 3,012MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran |
| Construction start | 27 Sep 2019 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2029 |
Bushehr nuclear power plant 3 Pre-construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-528 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,057MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | 3,000MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran |
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2031 |
|---|
Bushehr nuclear power plant in context
Bushehr nuclear power plant is the only operating nuclear site in Iran on record, so it holds all of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 149th of 172 operating sites worldwide by gross capacity.
Its operating unit started up in 2013; the unit is 13.0 years old.
The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 36.3 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2010s is 5.9 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 | 1975 | 2011 | 36.3 | 5.9 (2010s) |
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 Bushehr 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 | Bushehr suburb village, Bushehr, Iran |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 28.8296, 50.8860 |
| Elevation | about 20 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the sea coast |
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Units by status | Operating: 1 Under construction: 1 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 | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran |
|---|---|
| Operators | Nuclear Power Production And Development CO Of Iran |
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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
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data