Energoatom
🇺🇦 UA · Founded 1996-10 · Active
Also known as NNEGC Energoatom
Energoatom (the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company) is the Ukrainian state enterprise, founded in October 1996, that operates all four of Ukraine's nuclear power plants: Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, South Ukraine and Khmelnytskyi. Wikipedia gives the fleet as 15 units, 13 VVER-1000 and 2 VVER-440 pressurised water reactors, with 13,835 MW of installed capacity, and calls Energoatom the largest electricity producer in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhia plant has been under Russian military occupation since 4 March 2022; Energoatom continues to demand its return to Ukrainian control.
- Sector
- Fission
- Technology
- Pressurised water reactor
- Role
- Utility, Operator
Terms
- Pressurised water reactor
- Ordinary (light) water kept under high pressure so it heats without boiling, transferring heat to a separate steam loop; the water is both coolant and moderator. Fuel is low-enriched uranium oxide pellets in zirconium-alloy rods. The most common reactor type in service worldwide.
Related companies
Sources
- Energoatomaggregator
- Energoatom homepageoperator