OREANDA-NEWS. The Kursk NPP developed 3 billion 038,7 million KWh of electricity in January. Monthly plan was fulfilled by 103.6%.

Consumers received 2 billion 826,2 million KWh of electricity (104%) and 77 thousand 432 Gcal of useful heat (104%).

The Kursk NPP has generated 804 billion 895,3 million KWh of electricity since its launch in 1976.

The Kursk NPP has power units №№ 1, 2, 3, 4 in work at the moment. They work with capacity, established by the dispatch schedule.

The radiation background is at level, that corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed natural background values, at the Kursk NPP and in the area of its location.

The Kursk NPP, as part of the "Rosenergoatom Concern", is included into the electricity division of the State Corporation "Rosatom". The station is located 40 km south-west of the city Kursk on the left bank of Seym. The NPP has four operating units with RBMK RBMK-1000 reactors with total capacity of 4 million KW of electricity. Power units were connected to the unified energy system of the country in 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1985. All existing power units had technical modernization in 1994-2009. The Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Russian Chernozem.