Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model CANDU 6
Owner Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Operator Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Sunday, 30 October 1977
First Criticality Sunday, 21 November 1982
First Grid Connection Friday, 31 December 1982
Commercial Operation Friday, 22 April 1983
Permanent Shutdown Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Specifications

Capacity Net 661 MWe
Capacity Gross 683 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2061 MWt
Design Net Capacity 629 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 (%)
1982 628 744 305.30 - - - - -
1983 628 6255 2893.20 76.10 60.70 60.70 60.80 60.80
1984 629 6202 3693.18 70.60 66.80 64.40 66.80 64.40
1985 629 8277 5246.51 94.50 94.00 75.40 95.20 75.90
1986 629 7079 4420.41 80.80 80.80 76.90 80.20 77.10
1987 629 8185 5155.79 93.40 93.90 80.60 93.60 80.60
1988 629 7033 4415.35 80.10 80.10 80.50 79.90 80.50
1989 629 8036 5053.16 91.70 68.80 78.70 91.70 82.20
1990 629 7532 4770.32 86.00 86.00 79.70 86.60 82.80
1991 629 7927 5061.97 90.50 90.50 80.90 91.90 83.80
1992 629 7510 4843.34 85.50 85.50 81.40 87.70 84.20
1993 629 8671 5611.30 99.00 99.00 83.00 101.80 85.90
1994 629 7150 4583.12 81.60 80.40 82.80 83.20 85.60
1995 629 7266 4647.11 83.00 80.90 82.60 84.30 85.50
1996 629 7029 4508.18 80.00 78.00 82.30 81.60 85.20
1997 629 8732 5689.60 99.70 99.60 83.50 103.30 86.50
1998 629 6730 4360.38 76.80 76.50 83.00 79.10 86.00
1999 629 7087 4612.95 80.90 80.70 82.90 83.70 85.90
2000 629 6993 4511.59 79.60 79.00 82.70 81.70 85.60
2001 629 7153 4621.98 81.70 81.30 82.60 83.90 85.50
2002 629 8543 5516.16 97.50 97.10 83.30 100.10 86.30
2003 629 7715 4979.97 88.10 88.10 83.60 90.40 86.50
2004 629 7855 5027.48 89.40 88.20 83.80 91.00 86.70
2005 629 7261 4296.28 82.90 75.90 83.40 78.00 86.30
2006 578 7998 4627.58 91.30 90.20 83.70 91.40 86.50
2007 578 7955 4721.95 90.80 88.30 83.90 93.30 86.80
2008 597 8387 4885.57 95.50 91.80 84.20 93.20 87.00
2009 597 2150 1218.27 24.50 23.20 82.00 23.30 84.70
2010 597 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.10 0.00 81.80
2011 660 4402 2821.19 50.20 48.50 78.00 48.80 80.50
2012 657 6280 4132.59 71.50 82.20 78.20 71.60 80.20
2013 657 0 0.00 0.00 100.00 78.90 0.00 77.50
2014 657 0 0.00 0.00 100.00 79.60 0.00 74.90
2015 657 4787 3059.91 54.60 73.30 79.40 53.20 74.20
2016 657 4768 3091.81 54.30 53.60 78.60 53.60 73.60
2017 661 3544 2336.64 40.50 40.40 77.40 40.40 72.60
2018 661 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.20 0.00 70.40
2019 661 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 73.10 0.00 68.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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