Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 5 July 1983
First Criticality Saturday, 25 February 1989
First Grid Connection Friday, 14 April 1989
Commercial Operation Saturday, 30 September 1989

Specifications

Capacity Net 967 MWe
Capacity Gross 1011 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2775 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 (%)
1989 - - - - - - - -
1990 920 6395 5547.29 73.00 73.00 73.00 68.80 68.80
1991 920 7603 6671.16 86.80 86.80 79.90 82.80 75.80
1992 920 7686 7076.88 87.50 87.50 82.40 87.60 79.70
1993 920 7693 7230.22 87.80 87.80 83.80 89.70 82.20
1994 890 7315 6889.67 83.50 81.50 83.30 88.40 83.40
1995 920 8223 7810.26 93.90 93.40 85.00 96.90 85.70
1996 920 8151 7696.38 92.80 91.00 85.90 95.20 87.10
1997 920 7534 7055.18 86.00 84.30 85.70 87.50 87.10
1998 920 7947 7388.87 90.70 88.30 86.00 91.70 87.60
1999 920 8748 7815.17 99.90 94.50 86.80 97.00 88.60
2000 920 7330 6836.81 83.40 82.30 86.40 84.60 88.20
2001 920 7848 7268.56 89.60 89.20 86.60 90.20 88.40
2002 920 6939 6485.83 79.20 78.30 86.00 80.50 87.80
2003 920 7686 7253.75 87.70 87.10 86.10 90.00 87.90
2004 920 7888 7253.74 89.80 88.60 86.30 89.80 88.00
2005 920 7218 6582.35 82.40 80.70 85.90 81.70 87.60
2006 937 8510 7882.51 97.20 96.70 86.60 96.00 88.20
2007 937 7946 7391.65 90.70 90.00 86.80 90.00 88.20
2008 942 7752 7264.19 88.20 87.90 86.80 87.80 88.20
2009 942 8760 8258.31 100.00 100.00 87.50 100.10 88.80
2010 942 7991 7506.86 91.20 90.80 87.60 91.00 88.90
2011 942 7003 6571.07 79.90 79.30 87.30 79.60 88.50
2012 961 8661 8325.47 98.60 98.30 87.80 98.60 89.00
2013 962 7740 7446.49 88.40 88.00 87.80 88.40 88.90
2014 965 7430 7161.63 84.80 84.40 87.60 84.70 88.80
2015 967 8760 8449.96 100.00 99.40 88.10 99.80 89.20
2016 969 7665 7373.63 87.30 86.60 88.00 86.60 89.10
2017 969 7858 7535.86 89.70 88.80 88.10 88.80 89.10
2018 967 5271 5046.21 60.20 59.60 87.00 59.60 88.00
2019 967 6874 6629.49 78.50 78.10 86.70 78.30 87.70
2020 967 7849 7544.08 89.40 88.70 86.80 88.80 87.70
2021 967 6606 6260.94 75.40 73.80 86.40 73.90 87.30
2022 967 8760 8427.91 100.00 99.90 86.80 99.50 87.70
2023 967 5879 5670.91 67.10 66.70 86.20 67.00 87.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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