Yeongdeok nuclear power plant — South Korea

Yeongdeok nuclear power plant is a 3,000 MW nuclear power station in North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It ranks #13 of 216 South Korea power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 29.6% of South Korea's electricity; the national grid averages 417 gCO₂/kWh (40.0% low-carbon) (2025).

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

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

At 3,000 MW, Yeongdeok nuclear power plant is around the median nuclear plant in South Korea (3,000 MW). 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 #5 largest nuclear power plant of 8 in South Korea by capacity.

South Korea has 8 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 29,469 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Imha · Hydro · 50 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Cheongsong · Hydro · 600 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Yecheon · Hydro · 800 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Andong Kowaco · Hydro · 90 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Yeong Yang · Wind · 61.5 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Andong power station · Gas · 417 MW · Gyeongsangbuk-do

Location

Coordinates 36.45411, 128.9053 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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