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 December 1981
First Criticality Wednesday, 15 October 1986
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 11 November 1986
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 10 June 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 988 MWe
Capacity Gross 1024 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2787 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 (%)
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 900 4826 4297.03 98.10 98.20 98.20 97.00 97.00
1988 900 7085 6280.88 80.70 80.60 86.90 79.40 85.80
1989 900 6446 5703.24 73.60 73.60 81.70 72.30 80.50
1990 900 6757 5964.51 77.10 77.10 80.40 75.60 79.20
1991 900 7433 6714.99 84.80 84.80 81.40 85.20 80.50
1992 900 7259 6434.62 82.60 82.60 81.60 81.40 80.60
1993 900 7506 6930.49 85.70 85.70 82.20 87.90 81.80
1994 890 7687 7132.86 87.80 85.60 82.70 91.50 83.00
1995 900 6696 6036.45 76.40 74.20 81.70 76.60 82.30
1996 900 8189 7656.10 93.20 91.60 82.70 96.80 83.80
1997 900 7453 6657.34 85.10 81.20 82.60 84.40 83.90
1998 900 6583 6010.35 75.20 74.40 81.90 76.20 83.20
1999 900 7301 6718.91 83.30 82.10 81.90 85.20 83.40
2000 900 7753 7144.06 88.30 87.10 82.30 90.40 83.90
2001 900 7726 7169.67 88.20 87.10 82.60 90.90 84.40
2002 900 8744 8194.23 99.80 99.60 83.70 103.90 85.60
2003 900 7931 7413.30 90.50 89.60 84.10 94.00 86.10
2004 900 7764 7242.94 88.40 87.50 84.20 91.60 86.40
2005 900 7881 7302.40 90.00 88.60 84.50 92.60 86.80
2006 939 8719 8195.68 99.50 99.90 85.30 99.60 87.50
2007 936 7523 7030.06 85.90 84.40 85.30 85.70 87.40
2008 947 7850 7472.86 89.40 88.90 85.40 89.80 87.50
2009 947 8760 8376.93 100.00 99.90 86.10 101.00 88.10
2010 947 7830 7461.45 89.40 88.90 86.20 89.90 88.20
2011 947 7988 7600.63 91.20 90.40 86.40 91.60 88.30
2012 958 8784 8383.44 100.00 99.50 86.90 99.60 88.80
2013 958 6509 6277.11 74.30 73.20 86.40 74.80 88.20
2014 977 6789 6661.49 77.50 76.80 86.00 77.80 87.80
2015 984 8060 7944.95 92.00 93.90 86.30 92.20 88.00
2016 988 2986 2953.95 34.00 33.80 84.40 34.00 86.00
2017 988 6820 6669.35 77.80 76.90 84.20 77.10 85.70
2018 988 4714 4643.92 53.80 53.40 83.10 53.70 84.60
2019 988 7657 7473.09 87.40 86.20 83.20 86.40 84.70
2020 988 6722 6603.94 76.50 75.90 83.00 76.10 84.40
2021 988 8700 8475.06 99.30 97.80 83.40 97.90 84.80
2022 988 5495 5348.60 62.70 61.70 82.80 61.80 84.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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