Novocherkassk nuclear power plant — Russia

Novocherkassk nuclear power plant is a 2,400 MW nuclear power station in Rostov, Russia. It ranks #31 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_novocherkassk_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 2,400 MW, Novocherkassk nuclear power plant is around 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 #13 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

• GT CHP Novocherkasskaya · Gas · 18 MW · Rostov
• Novocherkasskaya GRES · Coal · 2,258 MW · Rostov
• Shakhtinskaya CHPP · Gas · 100 MW · Rostov
• Rostov CHPP-2 · Gas · 160 MW · Rostov
• Smolensk TPP-2 · Gas · 275 MW · Rostov
• TPP-2 · Gas · 642 MW · Rostov

Location

Coordinates 47.41396, 40.092747 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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