"The peculiarity of the Kursk NPP is that RBMK type reactors operate there. Due to their construction RBMKs have no protective layer or container many reactors of other types worldwide are ...

Kursk NPP is just 40km (25 miles) away from the recent fighting and has four Soviet RBMK-1000 reactors – the same design as those at the Chernobyl nuclear plant which in 1986 became the scene of ...

According to him, the shell of the RBMK reactor installed at the Kursk NPP is made of 16 mm thick metal. This is why, if a projectile or even a kamikaze drone hits the reactor, a serious nuclear ...

The Kursk NPP is located 40 kilometres west of the city ... the hostilities is of "particular concern" as the plant has two ...

and the Kursk II NPP, which is under construction. It said Grossi saw KNPP unit 3 continues to operate at its installed capacity, and the design features of RBMK reactors were demonstrated. They said ...

The nuclear power plant has four reactors of the RBMK-1000 type with a graphite moderator - the ... Reactor number 1, which dates back to 1976, was shut down at the Kursk NPP in 2021 to operate in non ...

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi was able to see that the Kursk NPP Unit 3 continues to operate at its installed capacity, and Unit 4 has been on scheduled preventive maintenance. The design features of ...

Units 3&4 are RBMK reactors. Units 1&2 (also RBMKs ... The Kurchatov reservoir is a cooling pond for the Kursk NPP. Smirnov said a ban is being introduced on holding cultural, sports and other events ...

Russia’s Kursk NPP, which was reported to be the main target of Ukraine’s recent invasion of the Kursk region, is operating normally, and all security measures are being taken, the Acting Governor of ...

The Kursk NPP is one of the three biggest nuclear power ... The two operating reactors and two decommissioned reactors are the same RBMK (graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor) design as ...

"The peculiarity of the Kursk NPP is that RBMK type reactors operate there. Due to their construction RBMKs have no protective layer or container many reactors of other types worldwide are equipped ...

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, plans to visit the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia next week ... is of "particular concern" as the plant has two ...