Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 1 October 1979
First Criticality Tuesday, 1 January 1985
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 22 January 1985
Commercial Operation Monday, 30 September 1985

Specifications

Capacity Net 1011 MWe
Capacity Gross 1046 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2912 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1001 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 (%)
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 895 6529 5611.72 74.50 73.30 73.30 71.60 71.60
1987 895 6665 5804.81 76.10 78.80 76.00 74.00 72.80
1988 895 7005 6119.71 79.80 79.80 77.30 77.80 74.50
1989 895 7206 6591.97 82.30 82.30 78.50 84.10 76.90
1990 895 7923 6838.13 90.40 90.40 80.90 87.20 79.00
1991 895 6578 5902.46 75.10 75.10 79.90 75.30 78.30
1992 895 7349 6746.17 83.70 83.70 80.50 85.80 79.40
1993 895 7721 7121.81 88.10 88.10 81.40 90.80 80.80
1994 890 7128 6545.31 81.40 79.20 81.20 84.00 81.20
1995 895 6863 6015.47 78.30 73.80 80.40 76.70 80.70
1996 895 8431 7939.72 96.00 95.40 81.80 101.00 82.60
1997 895 6503 6051.91 74.20 73.80 81.10 77.20 82.10
1998 895 7325 6902.53 83.60 82.80 81.30 88.00 82.60
1999 895 7615 7231.82 86.90 86.30 81.60 92.20 83.30
2000 895 8399 8094.33 95.60 95.60 82.60 103.00 84.60
2001 895 7881 7570.25 90.00 89.40 83.00 96.60 85.30
2002 895 8062 7684.80 92.00 90.90 83.40 98.00 86.10
2003 895 8689 8387.43 99.20 99.00 84.30 107.00 87.20
2004 895 7630 7312.46 86.90 86.60 84.40 93.00 87.60
2005 895 7885 7562.17 90.00 89.40 84.70 96.40 88.00
2006 963 7813 7461.77 89.20 88.30 84.90 88.40 88.00
2007 964 8503 8214.16 97.10 96.40 85.40 97.30 88.50
2008 979 7854 7564.39 89.40 88.80 85.60 88.00 88.40
2009 1007 7820 7599.62 89.30 89.00 85.70 88.40 88.40
2010 1007 8732 8799.70 99.70 99.60 86.40 99.80 88.90
2011 1011 7971 8025.13 91.00 90.60 86.50 90.60 89.00
2012 1011 6875 6933.06 78.30 77.90 86.20 78.10 88.60
2013 1011 8760 8861.52 100.00 99.90 86.70 100.10 89.00
2014 1011 7332 7384.18 83.70 83.30 86.60 83.40 88.80
2015 1011 7119 7155.51 81.30 80.70 86.40 80.80 88.50
2016 1011 8784 8860.96 100.00 99.80 86.80 99.80 88.90
2017 1011 442 432.36 5.00 4.90 84.10 4.90 86.10
2018 1011 5610 5606.18 64.00 63.30 83.40 63.30 85.30
2019 1011 5962 6008.10 68.10 67.80 82.90 67.80 84.80
2020 1011 6953 6991.45 79.20 78.70 82.80 78.70 84.60
2021 1011 5576 5582.70 63.60 63.00 82.20 63.00 83.90
2022 1011 8528 8560.23 97.40 96.70 82.60 96.70 84.30
2023 1011 6033 5988.78 68.90 67.60 82.20 67.60 83.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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