Preparations for launching Power Unit No. 1 of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kurchatov

Preparations for launching Power Unit No. 1 of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kurchatov Being one of Russia’s four most powerful nuclear power plants, the Kursk NPP constitutes an important element of Rusisa’s national power grid. It comprises three power units with channel-type reactors (also known as RBMK), with a combined capacity of 3 million kilowatt. Units No. 1 and No. 2 have been out of active service after 45 years of productive work. Currently, the construction of replacement power units is under way at the Kursk II NPP. The facility will be equipped with advanced VVER-TOI reactors. Tatyana Simonenkova/Kursk NPP communications department/TASS Source: TASS Russian news agency