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Appendix B

Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia, Ukraine, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Kazakhstan

Key:

BN: Breeder reactor
G-n: Generation of design
LWGR: Light-water-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor
RBMK: Graphite-moderated, boiling-water-cooled channel reactor
VVER: Pressurized water reactor

Armenia
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Armenia-1 VVER-440 Model 230 1976 (Shut down 1989)
Armenia-2* VVER-440 Model 230 1979, 1995 (Shut down from 1989-1994, restarted in 1995)
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

Ukraine
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Chornobyl-1 RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1977 (Shut down 1996)
Chornobyl-2 RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1979 (Shut down 1991)
Chornobyl-3 RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1981 (Shut down 2000)
Chornobyl-4 RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1984 (Destroyed 1986)
Khmelnytskyy-1* VVER-1000 1987
Khmelnytskyy-2 VVER-1000 Under construction
Khmelnytskyy-3 VVER-1000 Under construction
Khmelnytskyy-4 VVER-1000 Under construction
Rivne-1* VVER-440 Model 213 1980
Rivne-2* VVER-440 Model 213 1981
Rivne-3* VVER-1000 1986
Rivne-4 VVER-1000 Under construction
South Ukraine-1* VVER-1000 1982
South Ukraine-2* VVER-1000 1984
South Ukraine-3* VVER-1000 1989
South Ukraine-4 VVER-1000 Construction suspended
Zaporizhzhya-1* VVER-1000 1984
Zaporizhzhya-2* VVER-1000 1985
Zaporizhzhya-3* VVER-1000 1986
Zaporizhzhya-4* VVER-1000 1987
Zaporizhzhya-5* VVER-1000 1989
Zaporizhzhya-6* VVER-1000 1995
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

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Russia
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Balakovo-1* VVER-1000 1985
Balakovo-2* VVER-1000 1987
Balakovo-3* VVER-1000 1988
Balakovo-4* VVER-1000 1993
Balakovo-5 VVER-1000 Construction suspended
Balakovo-6 VVER-1000 Construction suspended
Beloyarsk-1 LWGR-1000 1964 (Shut down 1983)
Beloyarsk-2 LWGR-1000 1969 (Shut down 1990)
Beloyarsk-3* BN-600 1981
Beloyarsk-4 BN-600 Construction suspended
Bilibino-1* LWGR-12 1973
Bilibino-2* LWGR-12 1973
Bilibino-3* LWGR-12 1975
Bilibino-4* LWGR-12 1976
Kalinin-1* VVER-1000 1984
Kalinin-2* VVER-1000 1986
Kalinin-3 VVER-1000 Under construction
Kalinin-4 VVER-1000 Construction suspended
Kola-1* VVER-440 Model 230 1973
Kola-2* VVER-440 Model 230 1974
Kola-3* VVER-440 Model 213 1981
Kola-4* VVER-440 Model 213 1984
Kola-5 VVER-630 Planned
Kola-6 VVER-630 Planned
Kursk-1* RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1976
Kursk-2* RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1978
Kursk-3* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1983
Kursk-4* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1985
Kursk-5 RBMK-1000 Under construction
Leningrad-1* RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1973
Leningrad-2* RBMK-1000 (G-1) 1975
Leningrad-3* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1979
Leningrad-4* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1980
Novovoronezh-1 VVER-210 1964 (Shut down 1988)
Novovoronezh-2 VVER-365 1970 (Shut down 1990)
Novovoronezh-3* VVER-440 Model 230 1971
Novovoronezh-4* VVER-440 Model 230 1972
Novovoronezh-5* VVER-1000 1980
Novovoronezh-6 VVER-1000 Planned
Novovoronezh-7 VVER-1000 Planned
Rostov-1* VVER-1000 2001
Smolensk-1* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1982
Smolensk-2* RBMK-1000 (G-2) 1985
Smolensk-3* RBMK-1000 (G-3) 1989
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

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Bulgaria
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Kozloduy-1* VVER-440 Model 230 1974
Kozloduy-2* VVER-440 Model 230 1975
Kozloduy-3* VVER-440 Model 230 1980
Kozloduy-4* VVER-440 Model 230 1982
Kozloduy-5* VVER-1000 1987
Kozloduy-6* VVER-1000 1991
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

Czech Republic
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Dukovany-1* VVER-440 Model 213 1985
Dukovany-2* VVER-440 Model 213 1986
Dukovany-3* VVER-440 Model 213 1986
Dukovany-4* VVER-440 Model 213 1987
Temelin-1* VVER-1000 2000
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

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Hungary
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Paks-1* VVER-440 Model 213 1982
Paks-2* VVER-440 Model 213 1984
Paks-3* VVER-440 Model 213 1986
Paks-4* VVER-440 Model 213 1987
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

Kazakhstan
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Aktau* BN-350 1973 (Shut down 1999)
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

Lithuania
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Ignalina-1* RBMK-1500 (G-2) 1983
Ignalina-2* RBMK-1500 (G-2) 1986
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.

Slovakia
Plant Name
Reactor Type
Initial Starte Date
Bohunice-1* VVER-440 Model 230 1978
Bohunice-2* VVER-440 Model 230 1980
Bohunice-3* VVER-440 Model 213 1984
Bohunice-4* VVER-440 Model 213 1985
Mochovce-1 VVER-440 Model 213 1998
Mochovce-2 VVER-440 Model 213 1999
Mochovce-3 VVER-440 Model 213 Under construction**
Mochovce-4 VVER-440 Model 213 Under construction**
*Actively participates in the cooperative work to improve nuclear safety.
**It is unlikely that construction of Mochovce Units 3 and 4 will ever be completed.
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