Russia plans new nuclear plants, including small modular reactors, targeting 30 gigawatts of added generation capacity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia plans to construct new nuclear power plants. The program includes small modular reactor projects, which use reactor units smaller than conventional large nuclear generating units.

The stated target is 30 gigawatts of additional electricity-generation capacity. The figure refers to generation capacity and not to electrical consumption, data-center load or reactor count.

The supplied report does not provide a completion deadline, site list, financing amount or split between conventional reactors and small modular reactors. It therefore describes a national target and planned projects rather than completed or fully specified capacity.