Country Russia Commission date October 12, 1977 Reactor type RBMK Phone +7 471 314-18-19 | Status Operational Operator(s) Rosenergoatom Units operational 4 × 1,000 MW Construction began 1 June 1972 | |
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Address Промзона, АБК - 1, Kurchatov, Kurskaya oblast', Russia, 307220 | ||
The Nuclear power station Kursk (Russian: Курская АЭС [ pronunciation ]) is located in western Russia on the bank of the Seym River about 40 kilometers west of the city of Kursk. The nearby town of Kurchatov was founded when construction of the plant began. The plant feeds the grid for Kursk Oblast and 19 other regions.
The reactors at the plant are the now obsolete RBMK type, the same type used at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The plant was originally equipped with two reactors. Two more reactors were added between 1983 and 1985.
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and the neighbouring town of Kurchatov stood in for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Pripyat for the production of the 1991 American television movie Chernobyl: The Final Warning.
Reactor data
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has 4 operational units: