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Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant in , Indonesia. Approximate location -2.4143521, 107.0760204.

NuclearIndonesiaThorconmolten salt reactorPre Construction

Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant is a 3,500 MW nuclear power station in , Indonesia. It is operated by Thorcon International. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7.9 million homes (estimated). It ranks #4 of 401 Indonesia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Indonesia's electricity; the national grid averages 680 gCO₂/kWh (18.1% low-carbon) (2024).

3,500MW installed capacity
7,884,000homes powered (est.)
2032Pre Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_bangkabelitungisland_indon.

Data status

Known data

FacilityBangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant GEM-nuclear
CountryIndonesia · GEM-nuclear
Coordinates-2.4143521, 107.0760204 GEM-nuclear
FuelNuclear GEM-nuclear
MW installed capacity3,500 MW GEM GNPT; source record
OwnerThorcon International GEM-nuclear
Commissioned2032 GEM-nuclear
Technologymolten salt reactor GEM-nuclear

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#4 / 401 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#1 / 3 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent7,884,000 calculated

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: GEM GNPT; fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as molten salt reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest nuclear plants in Indonesia

Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant: 3,500 MW4kBangka Bel…Bangka Belitung nuclear power plant: 2,000 MW2kBangka Bel…Muria nuclear power plant: 2,000 MW2kMuria nucl…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Thorcon International.

Climate zone & how it works

This nuclear plant uses heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 2.4°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season mean
Tropical rainforest: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest nuclear power plant of 3 in Indonesia by capacity.

Indonesia has 3 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 7,500 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -2.4143521, 107.0760204 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant?

Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant is a 3,500 MW nuclear power plant in , Indonesia, Pre Construction 2032.

How many homes can Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 7,884,000 homes (estimated).

Who operates Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant?

Bangka Belitung Islands nuclear power plant is operated by Thorcon International.

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