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Russia / Kursk-2 Nuclear Plant Retires After 45 Years Of Operation

By Kamen Kraev
31 January 2024

Seven RBMK units remain in nation’s reactor fleet

Kursk-2 Nuclear Plant Retires After 45 Years Of Operation
All of Russia's RBMK reactor units (Kursk NPP pictured) have undergone refurbishments for safety improvement after the 1986 Chernobyl accident in Soviet Ukraine. Image courtesy Rosenergoatom.
The Kursk-2 nuclear power plant, one of Russia’s eight commercial RBMK light water graphite reactor units, has been permanently shut down, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power corporation Rosatom said.

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