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Taechon nuclear power plant

Cancelled North Korea
Gross capacity
200MW

Taechon nuclear power plant is a gas-cooled reactor unit at Taechon nuclear power plant in North Korea rated at 200 MW gross. It is cancelled. Construction started 1 Jan 1989.

Specification
Reactor type Gas-cooled reactor (GCR)
Modelnot disclosed
Size classLarge
CoolantCarbon dioxide
ModeratorGraphite
Gross capacity200MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal output800MWt
Typical enrichmentNatural uranium to 2.5–3.5% U-235
Ownership & location
SiteTaechon nuclear power plant
Unitnot stated
CountryNorth Korea
Coordinates 39.9277, 125.5694
Cancelled1994
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium metal (Magnox) or uranium dioxide (AGR)
Enrichment
Natural uranium to 2.5–3.5% U-235 no enrichment required
Upstream

This unit runs on natural uranium, so its fuel chain has no enrichment step at all: mine → mill → conversion → fabrication. That is the shortest fuel chain of any commercial reactor type, and it makes the operator independent of the four organisations that control enrichment worldwide.

Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

  1. 1 Jan 1989Construction start

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