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 Friday, 23 December 1977
First Criticality Saturday, 9 April 1983
First Grid Connection Friday, 22 April 1983
Commercial Operation Monday, 25 July 1983

Specifications

Capacity Net 640 MWe
Capacity Gross 681 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1882 MWt
Design Net Capacity 618 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 (%)
1983 - - - - - - - -
1984 605 6876 4086.38 78.30 76.10 76.10 76.90 76.90
1985 605 6641 3731.40 75.80 69.80 73.00 70.40 73.60
1986 605 6555 3945.20 74.80 74.80 73.60 74.40 73.90
1987 605 7251 4265.44 82.80 81.60 75.60 80.50 75.60
1988 605 7275 4504.67 82.80 82.80 77.00 84.80 77.40
1989 605 8387 5062.77 95.70 95.70 80.20 95.50 80.40
1990 605 7381 4349.88 84.30 84.30 80.70 82.10 80.70
1991 605 7512 4553.98 85.80 85.80 81.40 85.90 81.30
1992 605 7469 4517.20 85.00 85.00 81.80 85.00 81.70
1993 605 7048 4186.98 80.50 80.50 81.60 79.00 81.40
1994 605 7685 4693.89 87.70 86.50 82.10 88.60 82.10
1995 605 8370 5106.61 95.60 94.70 83.10 96.40 83.30
1996 605 7668 4673.92 87.30 86.00 83.40 88.00 83.60
1997 605 7639 4620.33 87.20 86.60 83.60 87.20 83.90
1998 605 7541 4697.63 86.10 84.90 83.70 88.60 84.20
1999 605 7472 4672.24 85.30 83.60 83.70 88.20 84.50
2000 605 7812 4914.70 88.90 90.10 84.10 92.50 84.90
2001 605 7650 4807.76 87.30 87.30 84.20 90.70 85.20
2002 605 7982 5051.22 91.10 90.60 84.60 95.30 85.80
2003 605 7709 4844.24 88.00 85.40 84.60 91.40 86.10
2004 605 8602 5501.54 97.90 97.80 85.20 103.50 86.90
2005 605 8080 5151.51 92.20 92.00 85.60 97.20 87.40
2006 637 7984 5099.16 91.10 90.80 85.80 91.40 87.60
2007 637 7886 5011.02 90.00 89.20 85.90 89.80 87.60
2008 637 7771 4933.94 88.50 87.60 86.00 88.20 87.70
2009 637 8110 5176.87 92.60 92.20 86.30 92.80 87.90
2010 637 7921 5025.59 90.40 90.00 86.40 90.10 88.00
2011 637 8578 5497.79 97.90 97.80 86.80 98.50 88.40
2012 637 7606 4703.69 86.60 84.00 86.70 84.10 88.20
2013 639 7118 4501.64 81.30 80.30 86.50 80.40 87.90
2014 640 8035 5127.37 91.70 91.20 86.70 91.50 88.00
2015 640 6923 4446.10 79.00 78.70 86.40 79.30 87.80
2016 640 5935 3769.97 67.60 66.80 85.80 67.10 87.10
2017 640 8760 5631.94 100.00 100.00 86.20 100.50 87.50
2018 640 4356 2694.13 49.70 47.80 85.10 48.00 86.40
2019 640 8760 5620.15 100.00 99.90 85.50 100.20 86.80
2020 640 3327 2064.65 37.90 36.60 84.10 36.70 85.40
2021 640 8584 5502.38 98.00 97.80 84.50 98.10 85.70
2022 640 5677 3598.82 64.80 64.00 84.00 64.20 85.10
2023 640 2350 1504.50 26.80 26.70 82.50 26.80 83.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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