Chyhyryn nuclear power plant — Ukraine

Chyhyryn nuclear power plant is a 4,000 MW nuclear power station in Cherkasy, Ukraine. It ranks #2 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 55.8% of Ukraine's electricity; the national grid averages 250 gCO₂/kWh (72.2% low-carbon) (2022).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_chyhyryn_ukrai.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 4,000 MW, Chyhyryn nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in Ukraine (3,000 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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 #2 largest nuclear power plant of 9 in Ukraine by capacity.

Ukraine has 9 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 29,435 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Kremenchug · Hydro · 700 MW · Kirovohrad
• Kremenchuk CHP power station · Gas · 255 MW · Poltava
• Cherkasy power station · Coal · 180 MW · Cherkasy
• Vita · Solar · 13.5 MW · Mykolaiv
• Nikopol · Solar · 10.7 MW · Dnipropetrovsk
• Kryvorizka power station · Coal · 1,764 MW · Dnipropetrovsk

Location

Coordinates 49.0849, 32.7863 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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