T'aech'ŏn nuclear facility

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet :	태천 원자력 발전소
Revised Romanization :	Taecheon Wonjaryeok Baljeonso
McCune-Reischauer :	T'aech'ŏn Wŏnjaryŏk Palchŏnso

The T'aech'ŏn nuclear facility is a nuclear facility in T'aech'ŏn-gun ( North Korea ). Its construction was begun in the early 1990s and as part of the nuclear agreement of 1994 between the United States abandoned and North Korea.

A 200 MW Magnox-type reactor was planned . This is a gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor. Because of its low power density, it is only used for the production of plutonium . The first reactor of this type was Calder Hall 1 , where the plutonium for the British atomic bombs was extracted.

There are reports that work on the reactor has resumed, but the details are not known.

See also

• Nyŏngbyŏn nuclear facility
• Kŭmho nuclear power plant

Web links

• Taechon reactor
• ISIS Reports North Korea

Coordinates: 39 ° 55 ′ 40 ″  N , 125 ° 34 ′ 9 ″  E