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 |
571 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 |
2024 |
571 |
7072 |
4138.02 |
80.50 |
80.40 |
87.50 |
82.50 |
89.30 |