Current state
| Status | Suspended |
| Design | VVER-1000 (V-392B) (PWR) |
| Net capacity | 1,035 MWe |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Vendor | Rosatom lineage/Energoatom |
| Owner / operator | Energoatom |
| Construction start | 1987 |
| Original COD target | — |
| Current COD estimate | — |
| Schedule slippage | — |
Notes
Verified 2026-09-22: unit 4 is ~28% complete (WNA Ukraine profile). Completion plan still under government review; no construction restart as of 2026-09-22. Status remains suspended. WNA lists Khmelnitski 3 as suspended in its under-construction table.
Milestone log
- 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table (source)
- 2025-02-11 — Verkhovna Rada approved purchase of Russian-made equipment from Bulgaria for completion of Khmelnitski units 3 and 4 (source)
- 2025-02 — Ukraine's government weighing two options to complete units 3 and 4 (Bulgarian VVER equipment vs alternative supply chains, incl. AP1000 components from cancelled US VC Summer project) (source)
The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.
NNN coverage
On the VVER-1000 design
Sources
- https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide
- https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/ukraine
- https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4110127-experts-weigh-two-options-to-complete-khmelnytskyi-npp-moe-shmyhal.html
- https://www.kyivpost.com/post/73444