Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant

Coordinates: 50°18′5.06″N 26°38′59.10″E / 50.3014056°N 26.6497500°E / 50.3014056; 26.6497500
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Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant
Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant
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CountryUkraine
LocationNetishyn
Coordinates50°18′5.06″N 26°38′59.10″E / 50.3014056°N 26.6497500°E / 50.3014056; 26.6497500
StatusOperational
Construction began1981
Commission date1987
Owner(s)Energoatom
Operator(s)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeVVER
Reactor supplierAtomstroyexport
Power generation
Units operational2 x 1,000 MW
Make and modelTurbines and generators:
  • Electrosila
Units under const.2 x 1,000 MW
Nameplate capacity2,000 MW
External links
Websitewww.xaec.org.ua
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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The Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in

MW
(net) of electricity.

Construction of the first reactor started under the Soviet Union in 1981 and the first unit was put in operation in late 1987. Construction of the second reactor started in 1983 with plans to finish it in 1991. In 1990, however, construction was stopped as part of a moratorium on new plant construction introduced due to public mistrust following the Chernobyl disaster. Construction was completed only in August 2004 after the moratorium was lifted.[1]

Two more VVER-1000 reactors were under construction: Construction of the third reactor started in September 1985 and the fourth reactor in June 1986. Construction was stopped in 1990 when they were 75% and 28% complete, respectively. An intergovernmental agreement on the resumption of construction was signed between Ukraine and Russia in June 2010.[2] On 10 February 2011, Energoatom and Atomstroyexport signed a contract agreement for the completion of reactors 3 and 4. They should have been commissioned in 2018 and 2020, respectively.[3] Feasibility study of reactors 3 and 4 was conducted by Kyiv Institute Energoproekt.

Following the

Arseniy Yatseniuk
formally terminated the agreement with Russia in September 2015.

In August 2016 an agreement with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power was made to assist with the completion of reactors 3 and 4,[4] but little progress was made. As of 2020 a Ukrainian working group was assessing the safety of the old cranes on the site needed to progress construction work.[5]

Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant is the start of the deactivated Rzeszów–Khmelnytskyi powerline, one of three 750 kV lines running from Ukraine to the European Union.[6]

Energoatom has considered disconnecting unit 2 from the Ukrainian power grid and connecting it to the Burshtyn energy island centered around the coal powered Burshtyn TES, which up to 2022 was the only part of Ukraine connected to the European power grid, to facilitate exports to Poland and Hungary.[6][7] In 2019 the Ministry of Energy created a consortium, Ukraine Power Bridge Company Limited, to progress the project, but as of 2020 the project was not agreed.[8]

In late November 2021, Energoatom and Westinghouse Electric agreed on a contract to construct the first Westinghouse AP1000 reactor in Ukraine at the Khmelnytskyi plant.[9][10]

In May of 2022, Energoatom stated that the full scale Russian invasion going on since February and occupations of other power stations had not changed their ambitions to construct these units. They are still working with Westinghouse to construct two AP1000 reactors at the site once the war is over.[11]

On two occasions in November 2023, explosions were heard near the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant and its two Soviet-era reactors, which was assumed to be the result of near-misses by Russian missile attacks on or near the facility.[12]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Khmelnitsky feasibility study progresses". World Nuclear News. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  3. ^ "Contract agreement for Khmelnitsky 3 and 4". World Nuclear News. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  4. ^ "Korea agrees to help with construction of Ukrainian NPP". Nuclear Engineering International. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Ukraine must expand nuclear energy, says President". World Nuclear News. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b Alexander Bor (27 May 2016). "Ukraine to build power line for power exports to Poland, Hungary: EnergoAtom". Platts. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Energoatom awaits approval for energy bridge tender". World Nuclear News. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Energy Bridge has geopolitical significance, says Polenergia". World Nuclear News. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Contract signed for first AP1000 unit in Ukraine -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire". www.ans.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  10. ^ "Westinghouse Electric Company and Energoatom Sign Contract for First AP1000 Unit in Ukraine". www.businesswire.com. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  11. ^ "Ukraine planning for post-war nuclear power plants : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News".
  12. ^ "Nuclear disasters–in–waiting". Science. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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