Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant

Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant
East end of the proposed site of the Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant, 2014
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CountryAustralia
LocationJervis Bay Territory
Coordinates35°07′34″S 150°45′11″E / 35.126°S 150.753°E / -35.126; 150.753
StatusCancelled
Decommission date
  • 1971
OwnersGovernment of New South Wales
OperatorsThe Electricity Commission of NSW (Elcom)
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeSteam-Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR)
Reactor supplierThe Nuclear Power Group Ltd. (TNPG)
Cooling sourceJervis Bay, South Pacific Ocean
Power generation
Units cancelled1 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. 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.