Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Australia |
Location | Jervis Bay Territory |
Coordinates | 35°07′34″S 150°45′11″E / 35.126°S 150.753°E |
Status | Cancelled |
Decommission date |
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Owner | Government of New South Wales |
Operator | The Electricity Commission of NSW (Elcom) |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | Steam-Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) |
Reactor supplier | The Nuclear Power Group Ltd. (TNPG) |
Cooling source | Jervis Bay, South Pacific Ocean |
Power generation | |
Units cancelled | 1 x 600 MWe |
The Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power reactor in the Jervis Bay Territory, an Australian federal territory adjoining the South Coast of the state of New South Wales. It would have been Australia's first nuclear power station, and is the only proposal to have received serious consideration by governments as of May 2023[update]. Some environmental studies and site works were completed, and two rounds of tenders were called and evaluated, but the Australian Government ultimately decided not to proceed with the project, owing both to the perceived cost, and to the discovery of new mineral and hydrocarbon resources.