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Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant 1

Announced Indonesia
Gross capacity
250MW

Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant 1 is a molten salt reactor unit at Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant in Indonesia rated at 250 MW gross. It is announced. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 2032.

Specification
Reactor type Molten salt reactor (MSR)
ModelThorcon
Size classLarge
CoolantMolten fluoride or chloride salt
ModeratorGraphite, or none in fast-spectrum designs
Gross capacity250MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Typical enrichment5–20% U-235, often HALEU
Ownership & location
SiteBangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant
Unit1
CountryIndonesia
OwnerThorcon International100%
OperatorPT ThorCon Power Indonesia
Coordinates -2.4144, 107.0760approximate
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Fuel dissolved in the salt, or TRISO in a salt coolant
Enrichment
5–20% U-235, often HALEU HALEU dependency
Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

RosatomUrencoCNNCOrano

This design needs HALEU — enrichment above 5%. Western production is currently measured in hundreds of kilograms a year.

Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

  1. 1 Jan 2032Commercial operation

Other units at Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant

UnitStatusGross MW
Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant 2 Announced 250

Other Thorcon units

2 units worldwide share this model designation.

UnitCountryStatusGross MW
Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant 2 Indonesia Announced 250

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