Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | |
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![]() View of the plant in 2013. From L to R New Safe Confinement under construction and reactors 4 to 1. | |
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Official name | Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station |
Country | Ukraine |
Location | Pripyat |
Coordinates | 51°23′21″N 30°05′58″E / 51.38917°N 30.09944°E |
Status | Inactive |
Construction began | 15 August 1972 |
Commission date | 26 September 1977 |
Decommission date | Process ongoing since 2000 |
Operator(s) | SAUEZM |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactors | 4 |
Reactor type | RBMK-1000 |
Thermal capacity | 12,800 MW |
Power generation | |
Units operational | None |
Nameplate capacity | 4,000 MW |
External links | |
Website | chnpp |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant currently under decommissioning near the city of Pripyat in the Kyiv region, which operated from 1977 to 2000.