Zaporizhzhia NPP to Switch to Russian Operating Standards by 2030

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant will completely switch to Russian standards by 2030, Renat Karchaa, an advisor to Rosenergoatom's CEO, told TASS

"We have quite large-scale plans for modernization and development. At present, the analysis, detailing, and preparation of the relevant production processes for the launch [of NPP] are underway. I think the transfer of the Zaporozhye NPP to Russian standards will be completed by 2030," Karchaa said.

Zaporizhzhia NPP is the largest in Europe and has a capacity of about 6,000 megawatts. It was used to generate a quarter of Ukraine's electric power.

The power plant consists of six power units and since 1996 has been operating as a separate unit of the Kyiv-controlled National Nuclear Power Company Energoatom. 

In March 2022, the Zaporizhzhia NPP was brought under the control of the Russian military.

Since then, units of the Ukrainian army have periodically shelled both the residential areas of Energodar and the plant’s area, using drones, heavy artillery, and multiple-launch rocket systems.

On October 3, 2022, Rosenergoatom created the Zaporizhzhia NPP Operating Organization, and on October 5, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the facilities of the plant were transferred to Russian federal property.

Three days later, on behalf of the head of state, the government created the Federal Unitary State Enterprise "Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant" with its headquarters in Moscow.