Smolensk nuclear power plant

Smolensk nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Smolensk nuclear power plant is the 7th largest of 10 operating nuclear sites in Russia, holding 10% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 40th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1983 and 1990; the median unit is 41.0 years old, older than the median of 37.5 in Russia.

The 3 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.7 to 9.0 years (median 7.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The tracker lists a planned retirement year, a forecast and not a decision on record, for 3 operating units: Unit 1-1 (2034), Unit 1-2 (2034) and Unit 1-3 (2034).

Build time by unit

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.