Taechon nuclear power plant — North Korea

Taechon nuclear power plant is a 200 MW nuclear power station in North Pyongan, North Korea. It ranks #25 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_taechon_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 gas-cooled 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 #2 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

• Nyongbyon nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 5 MW · North Pyongan
• River Taedong · Hydro · 20 MW · P'yongan-namdo
• Cheongcheon-Gang power station · Coal · 200 MW · North Pyongan
• Anju Youth · Hydro · 10 MW · P'yongan-namdo
• Huichon · Hydro · 300 MW · P'yongan-bukto
• Sunchon power station · Coal · 400 MW · P'yongan-namdo

Location

Coordinates 39.9277, 125.5694 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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