South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant

South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Південноукраїнська АЕС
Country	Ukraine
Location	Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolaiv Oblast
Coordinates	47°49′0″N 31°13′0″E / 47.81667°N 31.21667°E / 47.81667; 31.21667
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: 1 August 1976 Unit 2: 1 July 1981 Unit 3: 1 November 1984
Commission date	Unit 1: 2 December 1983 Unit 2: 6 April 1985 Unit 3: 29 December 1989
Owner(s)	Energoatom
Operator(s)	Energoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Atomstroyexport
Cooling source	Tashlytske Reservoir
Thermal capacity	3 × 3000 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	3 × 950 MW
Make and model	VVER-1000/302 VVER-1000/338 VVER-1000/320
Nameplate capacity	2850 MW
Capacity factor	65.56%
Annual net output	16,367 GW·h (2016)
External links
Website	sunpp.mk.ua[dead link]
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (Ukrainian: Південноукраїнська АЕС), also known as the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk in Mykolaiv Oblast, about 350 kilometres (220 mi) south of Kyiv. It is the second largest of the country's five nuclear power stations. It is part of the South Ukrainian Energy Complex, along with the Tashlyk Pumped-Storage Power Plant and Oleksandrivska hydroelectric power station.

It has three VVER-1000 pressurized water reactors and a net generation capacity of 2,850 megawatts (MW). In 2013, following major upgrade work, unit 1 was given a 10-year license extension, which will take it beyond its original 30-year design lifetime. Similar extensions are planned for units 2 and 3, licensed until 2015 and 2019, respectively.^[1]

The 750 kV Vetrino–Isaccea–Yuzhnoukrainsk powerline runs from the plant to Isaccea, Romania, but is mostly dismantled or ruined.^{[citation needed]}