Ninh Thuận 1 nuclear power plant — Vietnam

Ninh Thuận 1 nuclear power plant is a 2,400 MW nuclear power station in Ninh Thuận, Vietnam. It ranks #32 of 298 Vietnam 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 Vietnam's electricity; the national grid averages 461 gCO₂/kWh (45.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_ninhthuan1_vietn.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (announced); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest nuclear power plant of 2 in Vietnam by capacity.

Vietnam has 2 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 4,600 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Phước Nam · Solar · 330 MW · Ninh Thuan
• Ca Na power station · Gas · 6,000 MW · Ninh Thuan
• Vinh Tan 2 · Coal · 1,244 MW · Binh Thuan
• Thuan Bac · Solar · 204 MW · Ninh Thuan
• Ninh Thuận CMX · Solar · 168 MW · Ninh Thuan
• Ninh Thuận 2 nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 2,200 MW · Ninh Thuận

Location

Coordinates 11.4109, 108.9743 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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