Kalinin nuclear power plant
Kalinin nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Russia with 4 operating units totalling 4,000 MW gross. The site has 4 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | PWR | VVER V-338 | 1,000 | 1985 | |
| Unit 2 | PWR | VVER V-338 | 1,000 | 1987 | |
| Unit 3 | PWR | VVER V-320 | 1,000 | 2005 | |
| Unit 4 | PWR | VVER V-320 | 1,000 | 2012 |
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.
Kalinin nuclear power plant 1
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-338 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,000MW |
| Net capacity | 950MW |
| Thermal output | 3,000MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Feb 1977 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 10 Apr 1984 |
| Grid connection | 9 May 1984 |
| Commercial operation | 12 Jun 1985 |
Kalinin nuclear power plant 2
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-338 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,000MW |
| Net capacity | 950MW |
| Thermal output | 3,000MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Feb 1982 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 25 Nov 1986 |
| Grid connection | 3 Dec 1986 |
| Commercial operation | 3 Mar 1987 |
Kalinin nuclear power plant 3
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-320 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,000MW |
| Net capacity | 950MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Oct 1985 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 25 Nov 2004 |
| Grid connection | 16 Dec 2004 |
| Commercial operation | 8 Nov 2005 |
Kalinin nuclear power plant 4
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER V-320 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,000MW |
| Net capacity | 950MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Rosatom100% |
| Operator | Rosenergoatom |
| Construction start | 1 Aug 1986 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 8 Nov 2011 |
| Grid connection | 24 Nov 2011 |
| Commercial operation | 25 Dec 2012 |
Kalinin nuclear power plant in context
By gross operating capacity Kalinin nuclear power plant is the 3rd largest of 10 operating nuclear sites in Russia, holding 13% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 22nd of 172 worldwide.
Its operating units started up between 1985 and 2012; the median unit is 30.0 years old, younger than the median of 37.5 in Russia.
The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.8 to 25.3 years (median 13.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2000s is 6.8 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 | 1977 | 1984 | 7.3 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 2 | 1982 | 1986 | 4.8 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 3 | 1985 | 2004 | 19.2 | 6.8 (2000s) |
| Unit 4 | 1986 | 2011 | 25.3 | 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 Kalinin 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 | Tver, Russia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 57.9050, 35.0614 |
| Elevation | about 170 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 360 km from the sea |
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Units by status | Operating: 4 |
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 | 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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