Russia
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Fossil fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
Solid** |
Liquid |
Gas |
Uranium |
Hydro |
Other renewable | |
Total amount in specific units* | 157.01 | 10.8 | 33.1 | 1 000 000 | 0.335 | 0.003 |
Total amount in exajoules (EJ) | 4 789 | 503.3 | 1 274.1 | 157.6 | 105.6 | 0.95 |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2010 |
2015 |
2018 |
Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000 to 2018 | |
Energy consumption [EJ]* | |||||||
- Total | 34.4 | 27.8 | 32.75 | 32.83 | 37.14 | 1.34 | |
- Solids** | 7.7 | 5.24 | 4.35 | 5.35 | 5.81 | 1.20 | |
- Liquids | 9.5 | 7.53 | 10.27 | 11.51 | 12.47 | 1.70 | |
- Gases | 14.5 | 13.19 | 16.79 | 14.71 | 17.48 | 1.37 | |
- Nuclear | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.6 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 1.63 | |
- Hydro | 0.6 | 0.595 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 1.09 | |
- Other renewables | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Energy production [EJ] | |||||||
- Total | 48.2 | 40.74 | 50.67 | 53.50 | 58.43 | 1.43 | |
- Solids** | 7.8 | 5.6 | 6.99 | 8.49 | 9.80 | 1.85 | |
- Liquids | 16.7 | 13.6 | 21.27 | 22.35 | 23.04 | 1.72 | |
- Gases | 20.9 | 19.7 | 21.98 | 21.40 | 24.22 | 1.29 | |
- Nuclear | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.6 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 1.63 | |
- Hydro | 0.6 | 0.595 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 1.09 | |
- Other renewables | |||||||
Net import (Import-Export) [EJ] | |||||||
- Total | -13.5 | -13 | -17.73 | -20.67 | -21.29 | 1.64 |
TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2010 |
2015 |
2018 |
Compound annual growth rate (%) 2000–2018 | |
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)* |
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- Thermal | 149.7 | 138.9 | 149.6 | 160.2 | 165.2 |
0.92 | |
- Nuclear | 20.2 | 21.2 | 25.3 | 27.1 | 29.04 | 1.86 | |
- Hydro | 43.4 | 44.4 | 46.2 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 0.40 | |
- Wind | |||||||
- Geothermal | |||||||
- Other renewables | |||||||
- Total | 213.3 | 204.5 | 221.1 | 235.2 | 242.2 | 0.92 | |
Electricity production (TWh)* G |
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- Thermal | 797 | 568.5 | 705 | 614.3 | 620.1 | 0.46 | |
- Nuclear | 167 | 165.4 | 163 | 184.6 | 204.1 | 1.11 | |
- Hydro | 118 | 129 | 172.4 | 158.7 | 183.8 | 1.88 | |
- Wind | |||||||
- Geothermal | |||||||
- Other renewables | |||||||
- Total** | 1082 | 877.8 | 1040.4 | 1049.7 | 1092 | 1.16 | |
Total electricity consumption (TWh) | 1073.8 | 863.7 | 1021 | 1033.3 | 1076 | 1.16 |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2018 | |
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita)* | 260 | 190 | 230 | 224 | 253 | |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita)* | 7311 | 5915 | 7135 | 7051 | 7332 | |
Electricity production/Energy production (%)* | n.a. | 7.75 | 8.61 | 7.01 | 6.8 | |
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)* | 10.91 | 15 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 19 | |
Ratio of external dependency (%)** | n.a. | -48.1 | -53 | -63 | –57.33 |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2018
Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2018 |
BALAKOVO-1 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1980-12-01 | 1985-12-12 | 1985-12-28 | 1986-05-23 | 76.8 | |
BALAKOVO-2 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1981-08-01 | 1987-10-02 | 1987-10-08 | 1988-01-18 | 89.8 | |
BALAKOVO-3 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1982-11-01 | 1988-12-16 | 1988-12-25 | 1989-04-08 | 81.7 | |
BALAKOVO-4 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1984-04-01 | 1993-03-24 | 1993-04-11 | 1993-12-22 | 100.0 | |
BELOYARSK-3 | FBR | 560 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1969-01-01 | 1980-02-26 | 1980-04-08 | 1981-11-01 | 75.3 | |
BELOYARSK-4 | FBR | 820 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2006-07-18 | 2014-06-27 | 2015-12-10 | 2016-10-31 | 62.3 | |
BILIBINO-1 | LWGR | 11 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-01-01 | 1973-12-11 | 1974-01-12 | 1974-04-01 | 25.8 | |
BILIBINO-2 | LWGR | 11 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-01-01 | 1974-12-07 | 1974-12-30 | 1975-02-01 | 85.0 | |
BILIBINO-3 | LWGR | 11 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-01-01 | 1975-12-06 | 1975-12-22 | 1976-02-01 | 76.7 | |
BILIBINO-4 | LWGR | 11 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-01-01 | 1976-12-12 | 1976-12-27 | 1977-01-01 | 85.1 | |
KALININ-1 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1977-02-01 | 1984-04-10 | 1984-05-09 | 1985-06-12 | 98.2 | |
KALININ-2 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1982-02-01 | 1986-11-25 | 1986-12-03 | 1987-03-03 | 93.9 | |
KALININ-3 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1985-10-01 | 2004-11-25 | 2004-12-16 | 2005-11-08 | 85.9 | |
KALININ-4 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1986-08-01 | 2011-11-08 | 2011-11-24 | 2012-12-25 | 99.8 | |
KOLA-1 | PWR | 411 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-05-01 | 1973-06-26 | 1973-06-29 | 1973-12-28 | 30.3 | |
KOLA-2 | PWR | 411 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-05-01 | 1974-11-30 | 1974-12-09 | 1975-02-21 | 84.4 | |
KOLA-3 | PWR | 411 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1977-04-01 | 1981-02-07 | 1981-03-24 | 1982-12-03 | 85.3 | |
KOLA-4 | PWR | 411 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1976-08-01 | 1984-10-07 | 1984-10-11 | 1984-12-06 | 85.0 | |
KURSK-1 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1972-06-01 | 1976-10-25 | 1976-12-19 | 1977-10-12 | 58.9 | |
KURSK-2 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1973-01-01 | 1978-12-16 | 1979-01-28 | 1979-08-17 | 56.5 | |
KURSK-3 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1978-04-01 | 1983-08-09 | 1983-10-17 | 1984-03-30 | 77.4 | |
KURSK-4 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1981-05-01 | 1985-10-31 | 1985-12-02 | 1986-02-05 | 86.7 | |
LENINGRAD 2-1 | PWR | 1085 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2008-10-25 | 2018-02-06 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-10-29 | 23.8 | |
LENINGRAD-2 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1970-06-01 | 1975-05-06 | 1975-07-11 | 1976-02-11 | 70.2 | |
LENINGRAD-3 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1973-12-01 | 1979-09-17 | 1979-12-07 | 1980-06-29 | 72.2 | |
LENINGRAD-4 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1975-02-01 | 1980-12-29 | 1981-02-09 | 1981-08-29 | 84.8 | |
NOVOVORONEZH 2-1 | PWR | 1114 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2008-06-24 | 2016-05-20 | 2016-08-05 | 2017-02-27 | 83.6 | |
NOVOVORONEZH 2-2 | PWR | 1114 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2009-07-12 | 2019-03-22 | 2019-05-01 | 2019-11-06 | 0.0 | |
NOVOVORONEZH-4 | PWR | 385 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1967-07-01 | 1972-12-25 | 1972-12-28 | 1973-03-24 | 0.4 | |
NOVOVORONEZH-5 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1974-03-01 | 1980-04-30 | 1980-05-31 | 1981-02-20 | 87.7 | |
ROSTOV-1 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1981-09-01 | 2001-02-23 | 2001-03-30 | 2001-12-25 | 88.0 | |
ROSTOV-2 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1983-05-01 | 2010-01-22 | 2010-03-18 | 2010-12-10 | 77.9 | |
ROSTOV-3 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2009-09-15 | 2014-12-07 | 2014-12-27 | 2015-09-17 | 90.8 | |
ROSTOV-4 | PWR | 950 | Operational | REA | AEM | 2010-06-16 | 2017-12-29 | 2018-02-02 | 2018-09-28 | 100.0 | |
SMOLENSK-1 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1975-10-01 | 1982-09-10 | 1982-12-09 | 1983-09-30 | 80.9 | |
SMOLENSK-2 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1976-06-01 | 1985-04-09 | 1985-05-31 | 1985-07-02 | 87.4 | |
SMOLENSK-3 | LWGR | 925 | Operational | REA | AEM | 1984-05-01 | 1989-12-29 | 1990-01-17 | 1990-10-12 | 40.8 | |
AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV-1 | PWR | 32 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2007-04-15 | 2019-12-31 | ||||
AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV-2 | PWR | 32 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2007-04-15 | 2019-12-31 | ||||
BALTIC-1 | PWR | 1109 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2012-02-22 | |||||
KURSK 2-1 | PWR | 1115 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2018-04-29 | 2022-06-21 | 2023-09-21 | |||
KURSK 2-2 | PWR | 1115 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2019-04-15 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-08-21 | |||
LENINGRAD 2-2 | PWR | 1085 | Under Construction | REA | AEM | 2010-04-15 | 2011-11-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-25 | ||
APS-1 OBNINSK | LWGR | 5 | Permanent Shutdown | MSM | MSM | 1951-01-01 | 1954-05-06 | 1954-06-27 | 1954-12-01 | 2002-04-29 | |
BELOYARSK-1 | LWGR | 102 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | MSM | 1958-06-01 | 1963-09-01 | 1964-04-26 | 1964-04-26 | 1983-01-01 | |
BELOYARSK-2 | LWGR | 146 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | MSM | 1962-01-01 | 1967-10-10 | 1967-12-29 | 1969-12-01 | 1990-01-01 | |
LENINGRAD-1 | LWGR | 925 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | AEM | 1970-03-01 | 1973-09-12 | 1973-12-21 | 1974-11-01 | 2018-12-22 | 72.7 |
NOVOVORONEZH-1 | PWR | 197 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | MSM | 1957-07-01 | 1963-12-17 | 1964-09-30 | 1964-12-31 | 1988-02-16 | |
NOVOVORONEZH-2 | PWR | 336 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | MSM | 1964-06-01 | 1969-12-23 | 1969-12-27 | 1970-04-14 | 1990-08-29 | |
NOVOVORONEZH-3 | PWR | 385 | Permanent Shutdown | REA | AEM | 1967-07-01 | 1971-12-22 | 1971-12-27 | 1972-06-29 | 2016-12-25 | |
BALAKOVO-5 | PWR | 950 | Suspended Constr. | REA | 1987-04-01 | ||||||
BALAKOVO-6 | PWR | 950 | Suspended Constr. | REA | 1988-05-01 | ||||||
SOUTH URALSK-1 | FBR | 750 | Suspended Constr. | REA | AEM | 1986-01-01 | |||||
SOUTH URALSK-2 | FBR | 750 | Suspended Constr. | REA | AEM | 1986-01-01 | |||||
VORONEZH (HEAT ONLY)-1 | BWR | 0 | Suspended Constr. | REA | 1983-09-01 | ||||||
VORONEZH (HEAT ONLY)-2 | BWR | 0 | Suspended Constr. | REA | 1985-05-01 | ||||||
BASHKIRSK-1 | PWR | 950 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1983-01-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
BASHKIRSK-2 | PWR | 950 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1983-12-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
GORKIY (HEAT ONLY) | BWR | 0 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1982-01-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
KURSK-5 | LWGR | 915 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | AEM | 1985-12-01 | 2012-08-15 | ||||
KURSK-6 | LWGR | 925 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1986-08-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
SMOLENSK-4 | LWGR | 925 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1984-10-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
TATAR-1 (KAMA) | PWR | 950 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1987-04-01 | 1993-12-01 | |||||
TATAR-2 (KAMA) | PWR | 950 | Cancelled Constr. | REA | 1988-05-01 | 1993-12-01 |
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |
TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Reactor unit |
Shutdown reason |
Decommission strategy |
Current decommissioning phase | Current fuel management phase | Decommissioning licensee |
Licence termination year |
APS-1 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
BELOYARSKY-1 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
BELOYARSKY-2 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
NOVOVORON-1 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
NOVOVORON-2 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
NOVOVORON-3 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
KURSK 2-1 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
LENINGRAD-1 | Lifetime expiration | Long term shutdown | Permanent shutdown | Storage | ROSATOM | N/A |
TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Reactor unit/Project name |
Owner |
Type |
Capacity (MW(e)) |
Construction start year | Expected commercial year |
AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV-1 | ROSATOM | KLT-40S | 40 × 2 | 2009 | 2019 |
LENINGRAD II -2 | ROSATOM | WWER-1200 | 1200 | Planned 2009 | 2022 |
LENINGRAD II -3 | ROSATOM | WWER-1200 | 1200 | Planned 2011 | 2023 |
LENINGRAD II -4 | ROSATOM | WWER-1200 | 1200 | Planned 2014 | 2024 |
Kursk II-1 | ROSATOM | WWER-TOI | 1250 | Planned 2018 | 2022 |
Kursk II-2 | ROSATOM | WWER-TOI | 1250 | Planned 2019 | 2023 |
Smolensk II-1 | ROSATOM | WWER-TOI | 1250 | Planned 2022 | 2027 |
Smolensk II-1 | ROSATOM | WWER-TOI | 1250 | Planned 2024 | 2029 |
Beloyarsk 5 | ROSATOM | BN-1200 | 1250 | Planned 2025 | 2031 |