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Muria nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. Approximate location -6.9816, 110.9291.

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Muria nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power station in Central Java, Indonesia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4.5 million homes (estimated). It ranks #20 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).

2,000MW installed capacity
4,505,142homes powered (est.)

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

Data status

Known data

FacilityMuria nuclear power plant GEM-nuclear
CountryIndonesia · Central Java GEM-nuclear
Coordinates-6.9816, 110.9291 GEM-nuclear
FuelNuclear GEM-nuclear
MW installed capacity2,000 MW GEM GNPT; source record

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#20 / 401 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#3 / 3 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent4,505,142 calculated
Environmental severityC4 · 41/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
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

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

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

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 monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 7.0°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~28°Ctypical warm-season mean
Tropical monsoon: 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).

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
41/100environmental-severity index
1.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
57 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 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 -6.9816, 110.9291 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Muria nuclear power plant?

Muria nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power plant in Central Java, Indonesia.

How many homes can Muria nuclear power plant power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 4,505,142 homes (estimated).

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