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 Friday, 25 September 1992
First Criticality Wednesday, 29 January 1997
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 1 April 1997
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 1 July 1997

Specifications

Capacity Net 576 MWe
Capacity Gross 599 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2061 MWt
Design Net Capacity 652 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 (%)
1997 650 5296 3294.95 95.10 94.70 94.70 97.70 97.70
1998 650 7144 4788.68 81.60 81.00 85.60 84.10 88.70
1999 650 7754 5211.77 88.50 88.10 86.60 91.50 89.80
2000 650 7843 5346.81 89.30 91.50 88.00 93.60 90.90
2001 650 8188 5585.43 93.50 92.80 89.10 98.10 92.50
2002 650 7717 5265.98 88.10 87.70 88.80 92.50 92.50
2003 650 8015 5480.58 91.50 91.20 89.20 96.20 93.10
2004 650 8015 5465.46 91.20 90.90 89.40 95.70 93.40
2005 650 8243 5641.29 94.10 93.90 89.90 99.10 94.10
2006 684 8711 5975.85 99.40 99.30 91.00 99.70 94.70
2007 683 7948 5618.82 90.70 90.60 90.90 93.90 94.60
2008 710 8081 5700.28 92.00 92.00 91.00 91.40 94.30
2009 710 8265 5845.94 94.40 93.90 91.30 94.00 94.30
2010 710 8152 5774.27 93.10 92.70 91.40 92.80 94.20
2011 710 8760 6124.72 100.00 98.40 91.90 98.50 94.50
2012 673 8187 5572.93 93.20 92.80 92.00 94.30 94.50
2013 655 7207 4797.42 82.30 82.20 91.40 82.90 93.80
2014 650 7954 5194.82 90.80 90.80 91.30 90.80 93.60
2015 652 7921 5143.35 90.40 90.00 91.30 90.10 93.40
2016 647 6525 4219.27 74.30 73.90 90.40 74.20 92.50
2017 632 7947 4981.05 90.70 90.20 90.40 90.00 92.40
2018 611 7190 4449.94 82.10 82.00 90.00 83.10 92.00
2019 606 7920 4840.92 90.40 89.60 90.00 91.20 91.90
2020 596 6558 3900.78 74.70 73.70 89.40 74.50 91.30
2021 582 8248 4781.06 94.20 92.80 89.50 93.80 91.40
2022 569 3578 2059.85 40.80 40.80 87.80 41.30 89.60
2023 576 7539 4350.62 86.10 85.60 87.80 86.20 89.50

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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