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🇺🇦 Chernobyl

Name: Chernobyl
Address: Ukraine

Nuclear power plant · Ukraine

Shut Down

Capacity≈3,700 MW

Units4

First Online1978

Construction Start1970

Shut Down2000

Reactor TypeLWGR

Coordinates51.389, 30.103

Chernobyl is a nuclear power station in Ukraine. Of its 4 recorded unit(s), 4 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 3,700 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1978. Reactor technology on site: LWGR.

Reactor units at Chernobyl

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chernobyl-1	Shut Down	LWGR RBMK	925 MW	Construction 1970 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 1996
Chernobyl-2	Shut Down	LWGR RBMK	925 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1979 · Shutdown 1991
Chernobyl-3	Shut Down	LWGR RBMK	925 MW	Construction 1976 · Grid 1982 · Shutdown 2000
Chernobyl-4	Shut Down	LWGR RBMK	925 MW	Construction 1979 · Grid 1984 · Shutdown 1986

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Contains information from GeoNuclearData, made available under the ODbL. Sources & methodology. Data compiled from open datasets (GeoNuclearData and operator reports); figures are approximate — verify official status with IAEA PRIS. See the Ukraine nuclear overview or browse all nuclear sites.