Norilsk nuclear power plant — Russia

Norilsk nuclear power plant is a 320 MW nuclear power station in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It ranks #244 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_norilsk_russi.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

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

In context: how this plant compares

At 320 MW, Norilsk nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Russia (2,364 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #22 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

• Norilsk TPP-1 · Coal · 370 MW · Krasnoyarskiy
• Norilsk CHP-1 power station · Gas · 145 MW · Krasnoyarsk Krai
• Norilsk CHP-3 power station · Gas · 680 MW · Krasnoyarsk Krai
• Norilsk TPP-3 · Coal · 440 MW · Krasnoyarskiy
• Norilsk CHPP-2 · Gas · 491.7 MW · Krasnoyarskiy

Location

Coordinates 69.350802, 88.18026 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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