Projects / prj-thorcon-kelasa
Thorcon 500, Kelasa Island
BAPETEN decision 00003.556.1.300725 of 30 Jul 2025 approves site evaluation for a Thorcon 500 molten-salt plant on Kelasa Island after a 21 Jan 2025 application. That approval lets the applicant carry out the site-evaluation programme. It is not a construction licence or a site licence. BAPETEN states 500 MWe for the plant. Two 250 MWe modules are the developer's description, reported by WNN, and are not in the opened BAPETEN decision text.
- Stage
- Siting
- Design
- Thorcon 500 (TMSR500) (SMR)
- Technology
- Molten salt reactor (MSR) · molten_salt
- Operator(s)
- PT Thorcon Power Indonesia
- Vendor(s)
- PT Thorcon Power Indonesia
- Location
- Kelasa Island (Pulau Gelasa) · Indonesia · precision: approximate
OpenStreetMap Nominatim centroid for Pulau Gelasa, the spelling used on the island feature. BAPETEN uses Pulau Kelasa. Island centroid, not a reactor footprint. - Coordinates
- -2.4140419, 107.0741399
- Electrical capacity
- 500 MWe (nameplate (gross/net unspecified)) · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 2
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_vendor_claim_with_capacity_check
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-01 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- BAPETEN approves Kelasa site evaluation: 2025-07-30 · actual · day · other
Regulatory actions
- BAPETEN Kelasa site-evaluation approval — other · approved · BAPETEN
Sources
- BAPETEN site-evaluation approval, Thorcon 500, Kelasa (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)
- BAPETEN receipt of Thorcon TMSR500 site-evaluation application (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)
- BAPETEN safety-evaluation report index, Thorcon 500 (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)
- WNN: regulatory approval for Indonesian Thorcon site survey (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-01)