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 Tuesday, 1 April 1980
First Criticality Saturday, 26 October 1985
First Grid Connection Friday, 15 November 1985
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 29 April 1986

Specifications

Capacity Net 1012 MWe
Capacity Gross 1046 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2912 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1012 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 1007 1104 220.57 - - - - -
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 895 6707 5860.82 76.60 78.00 78.00 74.80 74.80
1988 895 7006 5909.08 79.80 79.80 78.90 75.20 75.00
1989 895 6763 6177.37 77.20 77.20 78.30 78.80 76.20
1990 895 7140 6230.03 81.50 81.50 79.10 79.50 77.00
1991 895 7011 6353.02 80.00 80.00 79.30 81.00 77.80
1992 895 7266 6652.32 82.70 82.70 79.90 84.60 79.00
1993 895 7456 6835.92 85.10 85.10 80.60 87.20 80.10
1994 890 8160 7455.10 93.20 90.00 81.80 95.60 82.10
1995 890 7824 6950.57 89.30 89.30 82.60 89.20 82.80
1996 895 7147 6678.43 81.40 80.00 82.40 85.00 83.10
1997 895 7450 7014.21 85.00 84.40 82.50 89.50 83.60
1998 895 8760 8433.70 100.00 100.00 84.00 107.60 85.60
1999 895 7451 7128.95 85.10 84.60 84.00 90.90 86.00
2000 895 7578 7334.35 86.30 86.20 84.20 93.30 86.60
2001 895 7929 7615.10 90.50 90.00 84.60 97.10 87.30
2002 895 8760 8495.50 100.00 100.00 85.50 108.40 88.60
2003 895 7913 7596.96 90.30 89.60 85.80 96.90 89.10
2004 895 7669 7378.56 87.30 86.80 85.80 93.80 89.30
2005 895 8695 8397.18 99.30 99.20 86.50 107.10 90.30
2006 967 7824 7520.38 89.30 90.70 86.80 88.80 90.20
2007 966 7967 7500.92 91.00 88.00 86.80 88.60 90.10
2008 977 8674 8348.25 98.80 97.60 87.40 97.30 90.50
2009 1007 7779 7836.76 88.80 89.00 87.40 89.10 90.40
2010 1007 8217 8218.18 93.80 93.60 87.70 93.20 90.50
2011 1009 8227 8210.90 93.90 92.80 87.90 92.90 90.60
2012 1007 8784 8871.96 100.00 100.00 88.40 100.30 91.00
2013 1010 6680 6681.28 76.30 75.30 87.90 75.50 90.40
2014 1010 7579 7635.09 86.50 86.00 87.80 86.30 90.20
2015 1012 8488 8566.93 96.90 96.60 88.20 96.60 90.50
2016 1012 7746 7786.10 88.20 87.60 88.20 87.60 90.40
2017 1012 2069 2088.18 23.60 23.60 85.90 23.60 88.00
2018 1012 6279 6320.55 71.70 71.30 85.40 71.30 87.50
2019 1012 4546 4521.89 51.90 51.00 84.30 51.00 86.30
2020 1012 7222 7250.24 82.20 81.50 84.20 81.60 86.20
2021 1012 5649 5660.06 64.50 63.80 83.60 63.80 85.50
2022 1012 8760 8807.27 100.00 99.40 84.00 99.40 85.90
2023 1012 4206 4147.74 48.00 46.80 83.00 46.80 84.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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