Programmes and agreements / prg-id-brin-peluit40-pln-nusantara

BRIN PeLUIt-40 HTGR development with PLN Nusantara Power (de-dieselisation target)

BRIN's IAEA ARIS record for PeLUIt-40, a pebble-bed HTGR classed as an SMR, says one target application is PLN's de-dieselisation programme and that PLN subsidiary PLN Nusantara Power joined the effort. The design is still under development, with design approval by BAPETEN yet to come. No site or construction decision exists.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Research programme

Countries concerned

Indonesia

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) & Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
• Utility: PT PLN Nusantara Power (Technology Development Division)
• Other participant: Kakiatna Engineering
• Research: Universitas Pertamina

Designs named

PeLUIt-40

Scale as stated

cogeneration reactor (design stage)

Announced or first reported

18 Oct 2024

Status

Active
Design-stage R&D, design approval with BAPETEN estimated to take two years, no site.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• BATAN/BRIN RDE experimental reactor at Serpong (PeLUIt-40 predecessor) — Suspended · Indonesia

Sources

• IAEA ARIS status report: PeLUIt-40 (iaea_or_nea, accessed 2026-10-02)