| Ninh Thuận 1 Nuclear Power Plant | |
| Coordinates: | 11.4133°N 108.9747°W |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Location: | Phước Dinh in Thuận Nam District, Ninh Thuận Province |
| Status: | P |
| Construction Began: | 2027 or 2028 (planned) |
| Owner: | Vietnam Electricity |
| Operator: | Vietnam Electricity |
| Ps Units Planned: | 4 x 1,000 MWe |
| Np Reactor Type: | VVER |
| Np Reactor Supplier: | Atomstroyexport |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 4,000 MW |
The Ninh Thuận 1 Nuclear Power Plant was a planned nuclear power plant at Phước Dinh in Thuận Nam District, Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam. Plans for it were cancelled in 2016.[1] It would have consisted of four 1,200 MWe VVER pressurised water reactors. The plant was to be built by Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom. It would have been owned and operated by state-owned electricity company Vietnam Electricity. Fuel will have been supplied and used fuel will be reprocessed by Rosatom.[2] The feasibility study was to be carried out by E4 Group.[3]
The plant would have been built based on a nuclear power development plan, approved by the Vietnamese government in 2007. In 2009, Vietnam's National Assembly approved a resolution on investment policy for the project.[4] On 31 October 2010, Vietnamese government and Rosatom signed a construction agreement.[2]
Works to prepare the construction site started in December 2011.[5] Construction was to start by 2014 and the first unit to be commissioned by 2020.[2] However, in 2014, the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that the construction would be postponed until 2020 to ensure the highest degree of safety.[6] The construction is financed by the US$8 billion loan from Russia.[7]