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Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II

Novovoronezh, Russia

The 306th largest power station in the world

2.38 GW · Capacity

Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II (NvNPPII, II []) is a Russian nuclear power plant with two 1200 MW pressurized water reactors (VVER) located in Voronezh Oblast. The power plant is built on the same site as the present Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant. Unit 1 started commercial operation in 2017, and was the first Generation III+ nuclear reactor in the world. Unit 2 was connected to the grid in 2019.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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