Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model France CPI
Owner Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Operator Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 26 January 1983
First Criticality Thursday, 25 February 1988
First Grid Connection Thursday, 7 April 1988
Commercial Operation Saturday, 10 September 1988

Specifications

Capacity Net 966 MWe
Capacity Gross 1014 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2775 MWt
Design Net Capacity 903 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 (%)
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 920 5821 5205.36 66.40 66.40 66.40 64.60 64.60
1990 920 7156 6166.21 81.70 81.70 74.10 76.50 70.60
1991 920 7970 7244.32 91.00 91.00 79.70 89.90 77.00
1992 920 7675 7020.77 87.40 87.40 81.60 86.90 79.50
1993 920 7651 6977.60 87.30 87.30 82.80 86.60 80.90
1994 890 7293 6878.53 83.20 82.00 82.60 88.20 82.10
1995 920 7698 7153.82 87.90 85.70 83.10 88.80 83.00
1996 920 7631 7113.66 86.90 85.40 83.40 88.00 83.70
1997 920 7323 6801.00 83.60 82.20 83.30 84.40 83.80
1998 920 8256 7642.97 94.20 91.40 84.10 94.80 84.90
1999 920 7639 7161.55 87.20 86.10 84.30 88.90 85.20
2000 920 7736 7230.77 88.10 86.30 84.40 89.50 85.60
2001 920 7483 7022.30 85.40 84.50 84.40 87.10 85.70
2002 920 6052 5462.40 69.10 76.00 83.80 67.80 84.40
2003 920 7446 6371.56 85.00 85.20 83.90 79.10 84.10
2004 920 7970 7420.13 90.70 89.30 84.30 91.80 84.60
2005 920 8760 8245.04 100.00 99.80 85.20 102.30 85.60
2006 939 7769 7212.78 88.70 87.50 85.30 87.70 85.70
2007 940 7747 7262.21 88.40 88.00 85.40 88.20 85.80
2008 945 8747 8177.42 99.60 99.10 86.20 98.50 86.50
2009 945 8024 7493.10 91.60 91.00 86.40 90.50 86.70
2010 945 7988 7437.82 91.20 89.80 86.60 89.80 86.80
2011 945 8730 8206.10 99.70 99.10 87.10 99.10 87.40
2012 960 6988 6640.08 79.60 78.90 86.80 79.20 87.00
2013 960 7545 7233.32 86.10 85.50 86.70 86.00 87.00
2014 963 8033 7762.26 91.70 91.50 86.90 92.00 87.20
2015 966 7747 7458.09 88.40 87.90 86.90 88.10 87.20
2016 968 7171 6901.60 81.60 81.10 86.70 81.20 87.00
2017 968 6622 6351.26 75.60 74.90 86.30 74.90 86.60
2018 966 5770 5547.64 65.90 65.60 85.60 65.60 85.80
2019 966 7322 7060.57 83.60 83.20 85.50 83.40 85.80
2020 966 6921 6679.80 78.80 78.40 85.30 78.70 85.50
2021 966 8364 8051.79 95.50 94.70 85.60 95.20 85.80
2022 966 7488 7165.36 85.50 85.00 85.60 84.70 85.80
2023 966 6538 6316.71 74.60 74.20 85.20 74.60 85.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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