Programmes and agreements / prg-th-draft-pdp-smr-plan

Thailand's draft Power Development Plan: two SMR plants (600 MW) prepared by EGAT

Thailand's draft Power Development Plan includes two SMR plants with a combined 600 MW toward the end of the plan period, and EGAT says it is advancing feasibility studies, site searches and technology selection. As of September 2026 the government had not selected a reactor, supplier or site, nor approved construction.

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

National plan

Countries concerned

Thailand

Participants and roles

• Utility: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
• Government: Government of Thailand

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

two SMR plants with combined capacity of 600 MW, possible commercial operation around 2037 (EGAT planning documents… · 2 units stated

Announced or first reported

2024

Status

Active
Draft plan, no reactor design, site or supplier selected and no construction approval (September 2026). Regulatory, workforce and waste frameworks in preparation.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

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

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• SMR: A Game Changer for Thailand's Energy Security in the Clean Energy Era (company_primary, published 23 Feb 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Thailand gets ready to enter the age of nuclear power with plans for two small modular reactors by 2037 (reputable_press, published 9 Sep 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)