Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in Kaluga, Russia. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #640 of 678 Russia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 18.3% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_atomic1obninsk_russi.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 6 MW, Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Russia (2,364 MW). Technically it is described as light water graphite reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #28 largest nuclear power plant of 28 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 28 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 60,908 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Obninsk GTU-CHP № 1 · Gas · 20.8 MW · Kaluga
- Balabanovskaya CHP power station · Gas · 450 MW · Kaluga Oblast
- Kaluzhskaya CHP Plant-1 · Gas · 41.8 MW · Kaluga
- GTPP "Vnukovo" · Gas · 90.7 MW · Moskovskaya
- Alexin power station · Gas · 124 MW · Tula Oblast
- GTU-TPP in the city of Zvenigorod · Gas · 18 MW · Moskovskaya
Location
Coordinates 55.08901, 36.5912 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant?
Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant was a nuclear-fired power station in Kaluga, Russia and was retired.