Nuclear power in Ukraine year 2030, which would almost double the current amount of nuclear power capacity. Ukraine's power sector is the twelfth-largest in the world in terms of installed capacity, with 54 gigawatts (GW). Renewable energy still plays a very modest role in electrical output; in 2005 energy production was met by the following sources: nuclear (47 percent), thermal (45 percent), hydroelectric and other (8 percent). The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, which spread over
Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Power Plant and the neighbouring town of Kurchatov stood in for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Pripyat for the production of the 1991 American television movie "". In 2018, the first concrete construction started on Kursk-II-1, a VVER-TOI reactor. Kursk-II-1 and II-2 will replace Kursk 1 and 2 which are approaching end of life. The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant has 4 operational units: Kursk Nuclear Power Plant The Nuclear power station Kursk (Russian: Курская АЭС []) is located in western Russia on the bank of the Seym River about 40 kilometers west of the city of Kursk. The nearby