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 |
Thursday, 17 March 1994 |
First Criticality |
Thursday, 19 February 1998 |
First Grid Connection |
Wednesday, 25 March 1998 |
Commercial Operation |
Wednesday, 1 July 1998 |
Specifications
Capacity Net |
595 MWe |
Capacity Gross |
624 MWe |
Thermal Capacity |
2061 MWt |
Design Net Capacity |
665 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 (%) |
1998 |
650 |
5326 |
3460.26 |
96.40 |
96.10 |
96.10 |
98.90 |
98.90 |
1999 |
650 |
7008 |
4696.65 |
80.00 |
80.20 |
85.60 |
82.50 |
88.00 |
2000 |
650 |
8784 |
5925.22 |
100.00 |
99.90 |
91.30 |
103.80 |
94.30 |
2001 |
650 |
7409 |
4923.93 |
84.60 |
85.30 |
89.60 |
86.50 |
92.10 |
2002 |
650 |
8083 |
5043.33 |
92.30 |
91.80 |
90.10 |
88.60 |
91.30 |
2003 |
650 |
8176 |
5579.53 |
93.30 |
93.10 |
90.60 |
98.00 |
92.50 |
2004 |
650 |
8152 |
5540.29 |
92.80 |
92.20 |
90.90 |
97.00 |
93.20 |
2005 |
650 |
8760 |
5997.86 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
92.10 |
105.30 |
94.80 |
2006 |
682 |
8205 |
5617.76 |
93.70 |
93.40 |
92.30 |
94.00 |
94.70 |
2007 |
681 |
8239 |
5826.59 |
94.00 |
93.80 |
92.40 |
97.70 |
95.00 |
2008 |
707 |
8129 |
5761.08 |
92.50 |
92.60 |
92.40 |
92.80 |
94.80 |
2009 |
707 |
8287 |
5882.54 |
94.60 |
94.30 |
92.60 |
95.00 |
94.80 |
2010 |
707 |
8433 |
5986.43 |
96.30 |
96.20 |
92.90 |
96.70 |
95.00 |
2011 |
707 |
8477 |
6014.37 |
96.80 |
96.40 |
93.20 |
97.10 |
95.20 |
2012 |
686 |
7827 |
5460.60 |
89.10 |
88.70 |
92.90 |
90.60 |
94.80 |
2013 |
684 |
7937 |
5453.06 |
90.60 |
90.40 |
92.70 |
91.00 |
94.60 |
2014 |
665 |
7371 |
4968.56 |
84.10 |
84.00 |
92.20 |
85.30 |
94.00 |
2015 |
665 |
8313 |
5528.96 |
94.90 |
94.70 |
92.30 |
94.90 |
94.10 |
2016 |
651 |
6216 |
4046.37 |
70.80 |
70.40 |
91.20 |
70.80 |
92.80 |
2017 |
648 |
2890 |
1857.46 |
33.00 |
32.80 |
88.30 |
32.70 |
89.90 |
2018 |
641 |
6432 |
4116.18 |
73.40 |
73.20 |
87.60 |
73.30 |
89.10 |
2019 |
630 |
5184 |
3261.26 |
59.20 |
58.20 |
86.30 |
59.10 |
87.80 |
2020 |
627 |
5542 |
3480.85 |
63.10 |
62.30 |
85.30 |
63.20 |
86.80 |
2021 |
607 |
7665 |
4704.12 |
87.50 |
86.60 |
85.30 |
88.50 |
86.80 |
2022 |
605 |
7665 |
4686.17 |
87.50 |
86.90 |
85.40 |
88.40 |
86.90 |
2023 |
601 |
7522 |
4559.74 |
85.90 |
85.60 |
85.40 |
86.60 |
86.90 |
2024 |
595 |
3577 |
2172.81 |
40.70 |
40.70 |
83.90 |
41.60 |
85.30 |