On Thursday, August 27, the IAEA delegation headed by Director General Rafael Grossi visited the sites of the Kursk NPP and the Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant, and the nearby town of Kurchatov. The ...

The IAEA also reminded that the Kursk NPP in the Russian city of Kursk operates six reactors of two types: RBMK-1000 and VVER-510.

The Kursk NPP originally operated four RBMK-1000 reactor units, identical to those at Chernobyl. Today, only one remains in operation; two have been decommissioned, and one is undergoing maintenance.

Nikolay Kushkovoy, Head of the Radiation Technologies Department of the Kursk NPP, said: "Due to the design features of the RBMK reactors ... without shutting down the reactor, it is possible to load ...

At 04:01 Moscow time on 31 January the second unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, an RBMK-1000 reactor, came to the end of its service life and stopped generating power. It began commercial ...

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 ...

Unit 3 of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been disconnected from the grid automatically, with no threat to the plant’s safety, the press service of the nuclear power plant reported.

Putin said on August 22 that Ukrainian forces have attempted to strike the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) since launching an incursion into the region on August 6.

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 ...

President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Thursday of trying to strike Russia's Kursk nuclear power station in an overnight attack.

The Kursk NPP originally operated four RBMK-1000 reactor units, identical to those at Chernobyl. Today, only one remains in operation; two have been decommissioned, and one is undergoing maintenance.

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, plans to visit the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Russia next week.