The first power unit of the Kursk NPP-2 has reached full capacity, as announced by Alexey Likhachev, General Director of Rosatom, at the information day of the nuclear industry on March 12, 2026.
At the end of last year, the pilot operation of the first unit of the Kursk NPP-2 began. Recently, it reached 100% capacity
Before reaching the nominal value, the unit underwent a phased load increase in the pilot operation mode.
The director of the Kursk NPP, Alexander Uvakin, at a meeting with journalists of the region on March 6, outlined the tasks for 2026: to put the first VVER-TOI power unit into operation and prepare the second for commissioning operations. According to him, these units will guarantee a stable energy supply to the Kursk region for decades to come.
VVER-TOI is a typical optimized information-rich generation 3+ reactor, a development of the VVER-1200 line. The capacity of each unit is 1255 MW. The project involves an increased degree of passive safety and equipment unification to reduce construction costs. Kursk NPP-2 is being built as a replacement for the decommissioned RBMK-1000 units of the first stage.