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, 26 May 1990
First Criticality Friday, 7 July 1995
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 18 July 1995
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 January 1996

Specifications

Capacity Net 970 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 (%)
1995 - - - - - - - -
1996 950 7565 7197.47 86.10 83.50 83.50 86.20 86.20
1997 950 7125 6767.71 81.30 78.80 81.20 81.30 83.80
1998 950 8591 8427.31 98.10 97.10 86.50 101.30 89.60
1999 950 7883 7627.93 90.00 89.00 87.10 91.70 90.10
2000 950 7441 7252.26 84.70 84.60 86.60 86.90 89.50
2001 950 7424 7237.24 84.80 84.80 86.30 87.00 89.10
2002 950 7808 7653.46 89.10 88.60 86.60 92.00 89.50
2003 950 8652 8576.76 98.80 98.70 88.20 103.10 91.20
2004 950 7782 7624.86 88.60 88.30 88.20 91.40 91.20
2005 950 7879 7754.98 89.90 89.80 88.30 93.20 91.40
2006 988 8760 8646.19 100.00 100.00 89.40 99.90 92.20
2007 987 7790 7651.07 88.90 87.80 89.30 88.50 91.90
2008 994 8084 7992.63 92.00 91.40 89.40 91.50 91.80
2009 994 7768 7694.28 88.70 88.10 89.40 88.40 91.60
2010 994 8760 8760.58 100.00 99.90 90.10 100.60 92.20
2011 994 8005 7923.20 91.40 90.40 90.10 91.00 92.10
2012 996 7765 7705.11 88.40 87.60 90.00 88.10 91.90
2013 997 7618 7563.57 87.00 86.40 89.80 86.60 91.60
2014 998 6989 6796.58 79.80 77.70 89.10 77.70 90.80
2015 980 5584 5400.06 63.70 62.90 87.80 62.90 89.40
2016 970 8784 8487.73 100.00 99.50 88.30 99.60 89.90
2017 970 3298 3188.64 37.60 37.50 86.00 37.50 87.50
2018 970 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 82.30 0.00 83.70
2019 970 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 78.90 0.00 80.20
2020 970 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.70 0.00 77.00
2021 970 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 72.80 0.00 74.10
2022 970 505 452.16 5.80 5.20 70.30 5.30 71.50
2023 970 8760 8732.26 100.00 100.00 71.40 102.80 72.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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