Sinpo nuclear power plant — North Korea

Sinpo nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power station in South Hamgyong, North Korea. It ranks #1 of 36 North Korea 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 North Korea's electricity; the national grid averages 341 gCO₂/kWh (63.4% low-carbon) (2024).

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

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

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

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — 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 3 in North Korea by capacity.

North Korea has 3 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 2,205 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Hongnam Fertilizer · Coal · 18 MW · Hamgyong-namdo
• Naejungri · Hydro · 12 MW · Yanggang-do
• The Feburary 8th Vinylon · Coal · 29 MW · Hamgyong-namdo
• Hamhung · Coal · 500 MW · Hamgyong-namdo
• River Pujon · Hydro · 202.3 MW · Hamgyong-namdo
• River Changjin · Hydro · 346.7 MW · Hamgyong-namdo

Location

Coordinates 40.0947, 128.3409 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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