Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model OPR-1000
Owner Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Operator Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 29 June 1997
First Criticality Saturday, 24 November 2001
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 19 December 2001
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 21 May 2002

Specifications

Capacity Net 992 MWe
Capacity Gross 1051 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2825 MWt
Design Net Capacity 950 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
2001 - - - - - - - -
2002 950 5095 5006.77 99.20 98.70 98.70 102.60 102.60
2003 950 6856 6694.37 78.30 77.10 85.10 80.40 88.60
2004 950 5611 5524.51 63.90 63.30 76.70 66.20 79.90
2005 950 7873 7748.43 89.90 88.80 80.00 93.10 83.60
2006 987 7859 7688.25 89.70 88.80 82.00 88.90 84.80
2007 990 8725 8601.74 99.60 99.10 85.20 99.20 87.40
2008 988 7972 7807.37 90.80 90.20 85.90 90.00 87.80
2009 988 7987 7857.49 91.20 90.60 86.60 90.80 88.20
2010 988 8528 8457.74 97.40 97.10 87.80 97.70 89.40
2011 988 8283 8183.75 94.60 93.90 88.50 94.60 89.90
2012 993 6428 6244.61 73.20 71.40 86.80 71.60 88.10
2013 997 8290 8191.47 94.60 93.80 87.40 93.80 88.60
2014 994 6984 6918.10 79.70 79.20 86.80 79.40 87.90
2015 994 7122 7004.72 81.30 80.20 86.30 80.40 87.30
2016 994 8784 8671.06 100.00 99.30 87.20 99.30 88.20
2017 994 6783 6655.11 77.40 76.40 86.50 76.40 87.40
2018 992 7387 7265.08 84.30 83.40 86.30 83.60 87.20
2019 992 8709 8613.69 99.40 99.00 87.00 99.10 87.90
2020 992 2882 2688.51 32.80 30.80 84.00 30.80 84.80
2021 992 1660 1624.65 19.00 18.60 80.60 18.70 81.40
2022 992 8760 8671.23 100.00 99.60 81.50 99.80 82.30
2023 992 1443 1384.55 16.50 15.90 78.50 15.90 79.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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