South Korea

Kori 1

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model WH 60
Owner Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Operator Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 August 1972
First Criticality Sunday, 19 June 1977
First Grid Connection Sunday, 26 June 1977
Commercial Operation Saturday, 29 April 1978
Permanent Shutdown Monday, 19 June 2017

Specifications

Capacity Net 576 MWe
Capacity Gross 607 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1729 MWt
Design Net Capacity 558 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 (%)
1977 - - - - - - - -
1978 555 5601 2143.30 64.80 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00
1979 564 6558 2952.20 74.90 59.80 53.90 59.80 53.90
1980 564 6982 3258.40 79.50 79.80 63.60 65.80 58.40
1981 564 6092 2708.10 69.50 69.80 65.30 54.80 57.40
1982 556 6904 3559.20 78.80 73.10 67.00 73.10 60.70
1983 556 6142 3065.59 70.10 70.20 67.50 62.90 61.10
1984 556 6321 3236.30 72.00 67.30 67.50 66.30 61.90
1985 556 6364 3158.86 72.60 64.60 67.10 64.90 62.30
1986 556 6404 3279.46 73.10 72.80 67.80 67.30 62.80
1987 556 8653 4557.02 98.80 98.90 71.00 93.60 66.00
1988 556 4449 2220.96 50.60 50.60 69.10 45.50 64.10
1989 556 5256 2735.86 60.00 59.20 68.20 56.20 63.40
1990 556 6536 3500.10 74.60 74.60 68.70 71.90 64.10
1991 556 8172 4365.50 93.30 93.30 70.50 89.60 65.90
1992 556 6759 3640.28 77.00 77.00 71.00 74.50 66.50
1993 556 7131 3824.89 81.40 81.40 71.60 78.50 67.30
1994 564 5973 3223.37 68.20 65.80 71.30 65.20 67.20
1995 556 8704 3969.13 99.40 81.20 71.80 81.50 68.00
1996 556 6936 3748.36 79.00 76.60 72.10 76.80 68.40
1997 556 7080 3844.24 80.80 78.90 72.40 78.90 69.00
1998 556 6698 3783.72 76.50 78.70 72.70 77.70 69.40
1999 556 7418 4153.18 84.70 83.30 73.20 85.30 70.10
2000 556 7932 4514.28 90.30 89.20 73.90 92.40 71.10
2001 556 8144 4636.47 93.00 92.60 74.70 95.20 72.10
2002 556 8000 4146.98 91.30 84.00 75.10 85.10 72.60
2003 556 7978 4550.24 91.10 90.20 75.70 93.40 73.40
2004 556 8131 4637.68 92.60 92.00 76.30 95.00 74.30
2005 556 7304 4149.47 83.40 82.70 76.50 85.20 74.60
2006 573 7891 4527.25 90.10 89.70 77.00 90.20 75.20
2007 569 3738 2142.41 42.70 98.80 77.70 43.00 74.10
2008 576 8090 4604.79 92.10 93.20 78.20 91.00 74.70
2009 576 8386 4823.77 95.70 95.70 78.80 95.60 75.40
2010 576 8545 4902.95 97.60 97.60 79.40 97.20 76.00
2011 576 7690 4396.26 87.80 87.00 79.60 87.10 76.40
2012 576 4495 2554.38 51.20 50.50 78.80 50.50 75.60
2013 576 4457 2515.74 50.90 49.80 77.90 49.90 74.90
2014 576 7525 4295.24 85.90 85.10 78.10 85.10 75.20
2015 576 7252 4168.57 82.80 82.40 78.20 82.60 75.40
2016 576 7888 4521.87 89.80 89.20 78.60 89.40 75.70
2017 576 4026 2312.04 99.30 98.80 78.80 99.00 76.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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