Details
Reactor Type |
Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR) |
Model |
OPR-1000 |
Owner |
Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co. |
Operator |
Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co. |
Timeline
Construction Start |
Thursday, 20 November 1997 |
First Criticality |
Sunday, 1 September 2002 |
First Grid Connection |
Monday, 16 September 2002 |
Commercial Operation |
Tuesday, 24 December 2002 |
Specifications
Capacity Net |
978 MWe |
Capacity Gross |
1053 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 (%) |
2002 |
996 |
1461 |
1058.41 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2003 |
950 |
7728 |
7652.19 |
88.20 |
88.20 |
88.20 |
92.00 |
92.00 |
2004 |
950 |
6449 |
6354.49 |
73.40 |
72.80 |
80.50 |
76.20 |
84.00 |
2005 |
950 |
7906 |
7137.13 |
90.20 |
88.80 |
83.20 |
85.80 |
84.60 |
2006 |
993 |
8064 |
7988.59 |
92.00 |
91.50 |
85.40 |
91.80 |
86.50 |
2007 |
993 |
7957 |
7859.23 |
90.80 |
90.10 |
86.40 |
90.40 |
87.30 |
2008 |
996 |
8073 |
7914.57 |
91.90 |
90.90 |
87.10 |
90.50 |
87.80 |
2009 |
996 |
8606 |
8501.44 |
98.20 |
97.60 |
88.60 |
97.40 |
89.20 |
2010 |
996 |
8060 |
7961.42 |
92.00 |
91.20 |
89.00 |
91.20 |
89.50 |
2011 |
996 |
8179 |
8090.64 |
93.40 |
92.60 |
89.40 |
92.70 |
89.80 |
2012 |
993 |
7325 |
7231.21 |
83.40 |
82.70 |
88.70 |
82.90 |
89.10 |
2013 |
995 |
8631 |
8531.74 |
98.50 |
97.70 |
89.50 |
97.90 |
90.00 |
2014 |
993 |
7235 |
7110.37 |
82.60 |
81.60 |
88.90 |
81.70 |
89.30 |
2015 |
993 |
8122 |
8006.79 |
92.70 |
91.90 |
89.10 |
92.00 |
89.50 |
2016 |
993 |
7667 |
7559.26 |
87.30 |
86.50 |
88.90 |
86.70 |
89.30 |
2017 |
993 |
4642 |
4576.12 |
53.00 |
52.60 |
86.50 |
52.60 |
86.80 |
2018 |
993 |
8042 |
7934.90 |
91.80 |
91.10 |
86.80 |
91.20 |
87.10 |
2019 |
993 |
6446 |
6367.31 |
73.60 |
73.00 |
86.00 |
73.20 |
86.30 |
2020 |
993 |
8784 |
8714.05 |
100.00 |
99.70 |
86.70 |
99.90 |
87.00 |
2021 |
993 |
5532 |
5425.44 |
63.20 |
62.20 |
85.40 |
62.40 |
85.70 |
2022 |
993 |
6444 |
6389.15 |
73.60 |
73.30 |
84.80 |
73.40 |
85.10 |
2023 |
993 |
7490 |
7360.22 |
85.50 |
84.50 |
84.80 |
84.60 |
85.10 |
2024 |
978 |
6874 |
6767.81 |
78.30 |
77.60 |
84.50 |
78.80 |
84.80 |