Hanul Nuclear Power Plant

The Hanul Nuclear Power Plant (originally the Uljin NPP Korean: 울진원자력발전소) is a large nuclear power station in the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of South Korea. The facility has six pressurized water reactors (PWRs) with a total installed capacity of 5,881 MW. The first went online in 1988.[1] [2] In the early 2000s it was the third largest operational nuclear power plant in the world and the second largest in South Korea. The plant's name was changed from Uljin to Hanul in 2013.[3]

Hanul Nuclear Power Plant
Hanul (formerly Uljin) Nuclear Power Plant
Official name한울원자력발전소
CountrySouth Korea
LocationGyeongsangbuk-do
Coordinates37°05′34″N 129°23′01″E
StatusOperational
Construction beganUnit 1: 26 January 1983
Unit 2: 5 July 1983
Unit 3: 21 July 1993
Unit 4: 1 November 1993
Unit 5: 1 October 1999
Unit 6: 29 September 2000
Unit 7: 10 July 2012
Unit 8: 19 June 2013
Commission dateUnit 1: 10 September 1988
Unit 2: 30 September 1989
Unit 3: 11 August 1998
Unit 4: 31 December 1999
Unit 5: 29 July 2004
Unit 6: 22 April 2005
Owner(s)Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Operator(s)Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierKEPCO/KHNP
Cooling sourceEast Sea
(Sea of Japan)
Thermal capacity1 × 2785 MWth
1 × 2775 MWth
3 × 2825 MWth
1 × 2815 MWth
Power generation
Units operational1 × 968 MW
1 × 969 MW
2 × 997 MW
1 × 999 MW
1 × 998 MW
Make and model2 × France CPI
4 × OPR-1000
Units planned2 × 1340 MW APR-1400
Units under const.2 × 1340 MW APR-1400
Nameplate capacity5928 MW
Capacity factor76.63%
Annual net output39,795 GW·h (2016)
External links
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On 4 May 2012, ground was broken for two new reactors, Shin ("new") Uljin-1 and -2 using APR-1400 reactors.[4][5] The APR-1400 is a Generation III PWR design with a gross capacity of 1400 MW. It is the first to use Korean-made components for all critical systems. The reactors are expected to cost about 7 trillion won (US$6 billion), and to be completed by 2018.[4]

Reactors

Unit Type Capacity
(net)
Construction start Operation start Notes
Phase I
Hanul-1France CPI968 MW26 Jan 198310 Sept 1988 [6]
Hanul-2France CPI969 MW5 July 198330 Sept 1989 [7]
Hanul-3OPR-1000997 MW21 July 199311 Aug 1998 [8]
Hanul-4OPR-1000999 MW1 Nov 199331 Dec 1999 [9]
Hanul-5OPR-1000998 MW1 Oct 199929 July 2004 [10]
Hanul-6OPR-1000997 MW29 Sept 200022 Apr 2005 [11]
Phase II
Shin Hanul-1APR-14001340 MW21 July 2012 [12]
Shin Hanul-2APR-14001340 MW19 June 2013 [13]
Shin Hanul-3APR-14001340 MW [14]
Shin Hanul-4APR-14001340 MW [14]

See also

References

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