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 Saturday, 23 December 1989
First Criticality Thursday, 13 October 1994
First Grid Connection Sunday, 30 October 1994
Commercial Operation Friday, 31 March 1995

Specifications

Capacity Net 986 MWe
Capacity Gross 1041 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2825 MWt
Design Net Capacity 950 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 (%)
1994 - - - - - - - -
1995 950 6573 6430.28 99.60 99.20 99.20 102.60 102.60
1996 950 6589 6366.17 75.00 74.00 84.80 76.30 87.60
1997 950 7443 7229.61 85.00 84.00 84.50 86.90 87.30
1998 950 7566 7400.78 86.40 85.50 84.80 88.90 87.70
1999 950 7678 7395.31 87.60 86.70 85.20 88.90 88.00
2000 950 7568 7262.02 86.20 85.60 85.20 87.00 87.80
2001 950 8760 8629.13 100.00 100.00 87.40 103.70 90.20
2002 950 7831 7658.18 89.40 89.10 87.60 92.00 90.40
2003 950 7971 7818.09 91.00 90.10 87.90 93.90 90.80
2004 950 7801 7654.72 88.80 90.40 88.20 91.70 90.90
2005 950 8760 8675.55 100.00 100.00 89.30 104.20 92.10
2006 985 7800 7556.77 89.00 87.30 89.10 87.60 91.70
2007 987 7916 7778.30 90.40 90.20 89.20 90.00 91.60
2008 997 7967 7861.88 90.70 90.10 89.30 89.80 91.50
2009 997 8760 8737.18 100.00 100.00 90.00 100.00 92.10
2010 997 8014 7953.95 91.50 90.70 90.00 91.10 92.00
2011 997 7973 7944.10 91.00 90.40 90.10 91.00 91.90
2012 1000 6994 6961.94 79.60 79.00 89.40 79.30 91.20
2013 997 4809 4719.06 54.90 54.00 87.50 54.00 89.20
2014 1000 6938 6882.52 79.20 78.60 87.00 78.60 88.60
2015 994 5125 5012.19 58.50 57.40 85.60 57.60 87.10
2016 994 7091 6965.40 80.70 79.60 85.30 79.80 86.70
2017 986 8760 8628.46 100.00 99.70 85.90 99.90 87.30
2018 986 3130 3078.30 35.70 35.50 83.80 35.60 85.10
2019 986 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.40 0.00 81.60
2020 986 903 783.33 10.30 9.00 77.60 9.00 78.80
2021 986 8760 8655.69 100.00 99.80 78.40 100.20 79.60
2022 986 5343 5249.90 61.00 60.30 77.70 60.80 78.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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