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The following page lists power stations in Ukraine.
The following page lists power stations in Ukraine.
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Type | Capacity (MWe) | Commissioned | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khmelnytskyi | Netishyn | 50°18′09″N26°38′52″E / 50.302512°N 26.647875°E | VVER | 2000 | 1987, 2004 | [1] [2] | |
| Rivne | Varash | 51°19′37″N25°53′26″E / 51.326857°N 25.890634°E | VVER | 2819 | 1980-2004 | [1] [3] | |
| South Ukraine | Pivdennoukrainsk | 47°48′43″N31°13′03″E / 47.812031°N 31.217372°E | VVER | 3000 | 1982, 1985, 1989 | [1] [4] | |
| Zaporizhzhia | Enerhodar | 47°30′31″N34°35′04″E / 47.508519°N 34.584392°E | VVER | 6000 | 1984-1995 | The largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Under Russian occupation. Currently deactived. | [1] [5] |
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Type | Capacity, MWe | Operational | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chernobyl Unit 1 | Pripyat | 51°23′22″N30°06′25″E / 51.389445°N 30.10682°E | RBMK | 1000 | 1977–1996 | [1] | |
| Chernobyl Unit 2 | 51°23′22″N30°06′16″E / 51.389445°N 30.104406°E | RBMK | 1000 | 1978–1991 | [1] | ||
| Chernobyl Unit 3 | 51°23′23″N30°06′02″E / 51.389586°N 30.100436°E | RBMK | 1000 | 1981–2000 | [1] | ||
| Chernobyl Unit 4 | 51°23′23″N30°05′56″E / 51.389606°N 30.09902°E | RBMK | 1000 | 1983–1986 | Exploded in the Chernobyl accident | [1] [6] | |
| Chernobyl Unit 5 | RBMK | 1000 | Never | ~75% Complete. Work stopped ~1989 | [1] | ||
| Chernobyl Unit 6 | RBMK | 1000 | Never | Building foundation & floor laid. Work stopped ~1989 | [1] | ||
| Crimea | Shcholkine | 45°23′31″N35°48′13″E / 45.391937°N 35.803727°E | VVER | 1000 | Never | Remains unfinished Commenced 1975 Unit 1 80% complete and Unit 2 18% finished in 1989 | [1] |
| Chyhyryn | Chyhyryn | 49°05′05″N32°47′07″E / 49.08472°N 32.78528°E | VVER | 1000 | Never | never finished since 1977 and stopped in 1989 | |
| Odesa | Teplodar | 46°27′38″N30°18′58″E / 46.46056°N 30.31611°E | VVER | 1000 | Never | never finished since 1980 and stopped in 1986 | [7] |
| Kharkiv | Birky | 49°41′17.7″N36°04′06.4″E / 49.688250°N 36.068444°E | VVER | 1000 | Never | never finished since 1986 and stopped in 1990 |
The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately 2,200 km (1,400 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 504,000 square kilometres (195,000 sq mi), it is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth-longest river in Europe, after the Volga, Danube, and Ural rivers.
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility." Examples include lethal effects to individuals, large radioactivity release to the environment, or a reactor core melt. The prime example of a "major nuclear accident" is one in which a reactor core is damaged and significant amounts of radioactive isotopes are released, such as in the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometers (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometers (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of Kyiv. The plant was cooled by an engineered pond, fed by the Pripyat River about 5 kilometers (3 mi) northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper River.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world. It has been under Russian control since 2022. It was built by the Soviet Union near the city of Enerhodar, on the southern shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. From 1996 to 2022, it was operated by Energoatom, which operates Ukraine's other three nuclear power stations.
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State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company "Energoatom", commonly known as just Energoatom, is a state enterprise operating all four nuclear power plants in Ukraine. It is the largest power producer in Ukraine.
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The Ministry of Energy is responsible for energy in Ukraine.
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The Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric scheme that uses the Dniester River 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Sokyriany in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Currently, four of seven 324-megawatt (434,000 hp) generators are operational and when complete in 2028, the power station will have an installed capacity of 2,268 megawatts (3,041,000 hp).
Wind power in Ukraine is mostly in areas affected by the Russo-Ukrainian War. At the end of 2021 there was 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity.
Ukraine is home to four nuclear power plants, as well as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. As of January 2024, both the Chernobyl and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants saw battles during the war that resulted from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The invasion has prompted significant discussion about the status of the power plants, including fears of potential disasters, and has also prompted debates about nuclear energy programmes in other European countries.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has become the center of an ongoing nuclear safety crisis, described by Ukraine as an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia.
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