Beloyarsk nuclear power plant
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Russia with 2 operating units totalling 1,485 MW gross. The site has 6 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 3 | FBR | BN-600 | 600 | 1981 | |
| Unit 4 | FBR | BN-800 | 885 | 2016 | |
| Unit 1 | Retired | LWGR | AMB-100 | 108 | 1964 |
| Unit 2 | Retired | LWGR | AMB-200 | 160 | 1969 |
| Unit 5 | Pre-construction | FBR | BN-1200M | 1,200 | 2034 |
| Unit 6 | Cancelled (inferred) | FBR | BN-1200 | 1,600 | - |
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.
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 3
| Reactor type | Fast reactor (FBR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BN-600 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 600MW |
| Net capacity | 560MW |
| Thermal output | 1,470MWt |
| Enrichment | 15–20% fissile, or plutonium |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Jan 1969 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 26 Feb 1980 |
| Grid connection | 8 Apr 1980 |
| Commercial operation | 1 Nov 1981 |
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 4
| Reactor type | Fast reactor (FBR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BN-800 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 885MW |
| Net capacity | 820MW |
| Thermal output | 2,100MWt |
| Enrichment | 15–20% fissile, or plutonium |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 18 Jul 2006 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 27 Jun 2014 |
| Grid connection | 10 Dec 2015 |
| Commercial operation | 31 Oct 2016 |
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 1 Retired
| Reactor type | Light water graphite reactor (LWGR) |
|---|---|
| Model | AMB-100 |
| Size class | Small |
| Gross capacity | 108MW |
| Net capacity | 102MW |
| Thermal output | 286MWt |
| Enrichment | 2–2.6% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Owner | Ministry Of Medium Machine Building Of The USSR (Minsredmash)100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Jun 1958 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 1 Sep 1963 |
| Grid connection | 26 Apr 1964 |
| Commercial operation | 26 Apr 1964 |
| Permanent shutdown | 1 Jan 1983 |
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 2 Retired
| Reactor type | Light water graphite reactor (LWGR) |
|---|---|
| Model | AMB-200 |
| Size class | Small |
| Gross capacity | 160MW |
| Net capacity | 146MW |
| Thermal output | 530MWt |
| Enrichment | 2–2.6% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Owner | Ministry Of Medium Machine Building Of The USSR (Minsredmash)100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Jan 1962 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 10 Oct 1967 |
| Grid connection | 29 Dec 1967 |
| Commercial operation | 1 Dec 1969 |
| Permanent shutdown | 1 Jan 1990 |
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 5 Pre-construction
| Reactor type | Fast reactor (FBR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BN-1200M |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | 15–20% fissile, or plutonium |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2034 |
|---|
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 6 Cancelled (inferred)
| Reactor type | Fast reactor (FBR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BN-1200 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,600MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | 15–20% fissile, or plutonium |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Milestones | no dates on record |
|---|
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in context
By gross operating capacity Beloyarsk nuclear power plant is the 9th largest of 10 operating nuclear sites in Russia, holding 5% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 114th of 172 worldwide.
Its operating units started up between 1981 and 2016; the median unit is 27.5 years old, younger than the median of 37.5 in Russia.
The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.9 to 11.3 years (median 7.7) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 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 | 1958 | 1964 | 5.9 | 5.0 (1960s) |
| Unit 2 | 1962 | 1967 | 6.0 | 5.0 (1960s) |
| Unit 3 | 1969 | 1980 | 11.3 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 4 | 2006 | 2015 | 9.4 | 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 Beloyarsk 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 | Sverdlovsk, Russia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 56.8417, 61.3225 |
| Elevation | about 235 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 1,180 km from the sea |
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Units by status | Operating: 2 Retired: 2 Pre-construction: 1 Cancelled: 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 | Ministry Of Medium Machine Building Of The USSR (Minsredmash) Rosatom |
|---|---|
| Operators | Rosenergoatom |
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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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