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VVER V-320

The VVER V-320 is a Generation II pressurised water reactor from Rosatom. 25 units are operating and 0 are under construction, out of 29 on record.

Operating
25
25.3 GW gross
Under construction
0
Planned
0
Cancelled
4
0 retired

The standard Soviet VVER-1000 series production model and the most numerous large reactor in the former Soviet bloc. Units operate across Russia, Ukraine — including all six at Zaporizhzhia — Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

Design
VendorRosatom
Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
GenerationII
Capacity range1000 MWe gross
CoolantLight water
Typical enrichment3–5% U-235
Where it is built
Ukraine 11 units, 11 operating
Russia 10 units, 10 operating
Bulgaria 4 units, 2 operating
Czech Republic 4 units, 2 operating

All VVER V-320 units

UnitCountryStatusGross MWOnline
Balakovo nuclear power plant 1 Russia Operating 1,000 1986
Balakovo nuclear power plant 2 Russia Operating 1,000 1988
Balakovo nuclear power plant 3 Russia Operating 1,000 1989
Balakovo nuclear power plant 4 Russia Operating 1,000 1993
Kalinin nuclear power plant 3 Russia Operating 1,000 2005
Kalinin nuclear power plant 4 Russia Operating 1,000 2012
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 1 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1988
Khmelnitski nuclear power plant 2 Ukraine Operating 1,000 2005
Kozloduy nuclear power plant 5 Bulgaria Operating 1,040 1988
Kozloduy nuclear power plant 6 Bulgaria Operating 1,040 1993
Rivne nuclear power plant 3 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1987
Rivne nuclear power plant 4 Ukraine Operating 1,000 2006
Rostov nuclear power plant 1 Russia Operating 1,041 2001
Rostov nuclear power plant 2 Russia Operating 1,000 2010
Rostov nuclear power plant 3 Russia Operating 1,000 2015
Rostov nuclear power plant 4 Russia Operating 1,030 2018
South Ukraine nuclear power plant 3 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1989
Temelin nuclear power plant 1 Czech Republic Operating 1,082 2002
Temelin nuclear power plant 2 Czech Republic Operating 1,082 2003
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 1 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1985
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 2 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1986
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 3 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1987
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 4 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1988
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 5 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1989
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 6 Ukraine Operating 1,000 1996
Belene Original nuclear power plant 1 Bulgaria Cancelled 1,000
Belene Original nuclear power plant 2 Bulgaria Cancelled 1,000
Temelin nuclear power plant Original 3 Czech Republic Cancelled 1,000
Temelin nuclear power plant Original 4 Czech Republic Cancelled 1,000

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