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 Wednesday, 21 July 1993
First Criticality Sunday, 21 December 1997
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 6 January 1998
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 11 August 1998

Specifications

Capacity Net 997 MWe
Capacity Gross 1051 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2825 MWt
Design Net Capacity 997 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 (%)
1998 960 5872 4822.23 97.70 100.00 100.00 99.20 99.20
1999 960 7149 6918.04 81.60 79.70 85.70 82.30 87.30
2000 960 7734 7489.09 88.00 87.00 86.20 88.80 87.90
2001 960 8025 7922.21 91.60 91.20 87.70 94.20 89.70
2002 960 7824 7031.29 89.30 89.00 88.00 83.60 88.40
2003 960 8758 7984.26 100.00 99.60 90.10 94.90 89.60
2004 960 7986 7187.59 90.90 90.00 90.10 85.20 88.90
2005 960 7834 7651.74 89.40 87.60 89.80 91.00 89.20
2006 994 8501 8425.90 97.00 96.60 90.60 96.80 90.10
2007 995 7970 7901.94 91.00 90.40 90.60 90.70 90.20
2008 994 8122 8034.73 92.50 91.70 90.70 92.00 90.40
2009 994 8225 8149.75 93.90 93.20 90.90 93.60 90.60
2010 994 8760 8740.74 100.00 99.90 91.60 100.40 91.40
2011 994 7960 7873.04 90.90 90.00 91.50 90.40 91.40
2012 994 6130 6056.35 69.80 69.10 89.90 69.40 89.80
2013 994 8760 8731.76 100.00 99.90 90.60 100.30 90.50
2014 997 3739 3609.51 42.70 41.30 87.50 41.30 87.40
2015 997 8760 8717.66 100.00 99.80 88.20 99.80 88.20
2016 997 4708 4601.49 53.60 52.50 86.30 52.50 86.20
2017 997 8122 8047.45 92.70 92.10 86.60 92.10 86.50
2018 997 5935 5868.02 67.80 67.10 85.60 67.20 85.60
2019 997 6687 6616.04 76.30 75.70 85.20 75.80 85.10
2020 997 8784 8772.41 100.00 100.00 85.80 100.20 85.80
2021 997 5868 5773.46 67.00 66.00 85.00 66.10 84.90
2022 997 8674 8531.57 99.00 98.40 85.50 97.70 85.40
2023 997 6921 6843.50 79.00 78.30 85.20 78.40 85.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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