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Hanul Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power station in South Korea
Nuclear power station in South Korea
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Hanul Nuclear Power Plant | |
| name_official | 한울원자력발전소 | |
| image | Ulchin (now Hanul) 04790182 (8506930230).jpg | |
| image_caption | Hanul (formerly Uljin) Nuclear Power Plant | |
| image_alt | Hanul (formerly Uljin) Nuclear Power Plant | |
| coordinates | ||
| country | South Korea | |
| location | North Gyeongsang Province | |
| status | O | |
| construction_began | Unit 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 | ||
| Unit 9: 30 October 2024 | ||
| Unit 10: 30 October 2024 | ||
| commissioned | Unit 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 | ||
| Unit 7: 9 June 2022 | ||
| Unit 8: 21 December 2023 | ||
| cost | ||
| owner | Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power | |
| operator | Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power | |
| <!------------------------- NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS --> | np_reactor_type | PWR |
| np_reactor_supplier | KEPCO/KHNP | |
| ps_cooling_source | Sea of Japan | |
| ps_cooling_towers | ||
| ps_units_operational | 1 × 968 MW | |
| 1 × 969 MW | ||
| 2 × 997 MW | ||
| 1 × 999 MW | ||
| 1 × 998 MW | ||
| 2 x 1340 MW | ||
| ps_units_manu_model | 2 × France CPI | |
| 4 × OPR-1000 | ||
| 2 × APR-1400 | ||
| ps_units_uc | ||
| ps_units_planned | 2 × 1340 MW APR-1400 | |
| ps_thermal_capacity | 1 × 2785 MWth | |
| 1 × 2775 MWth | ||
| 3 × 2825 MWth | ||
| 1 × 2815 MWth | ||
| ps_electrical_capacity | 7268 | |
| ps_electrical_cap_fac | 76.63% | |
| ps_annual_generation | 39,795 GW·h (2016) |
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 Unit 9: 30 October 2024 Unit 10: 30 October 2024 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 Unit 7: 9 June 2022 Unit 8: 21 December 2023 1 × 969 MW 2 × 997 MW 1 × 999 MW 1 × 998 MW 2 x 1340 MW 4 × OPR-1000 2 × APR-1400 1 × 2775 MWth 3 × 2825 MWth 1 × 2815 MWth
The Hanul Nuclear Power Plant (originally the Uljin NPP ) is a large nuclear power station in the North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. The facility has eight pressurized water reactors (PWRs) with total operating capacity of 8561 MW, and a further 2680 MW under construction. The first went online in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://pris.iaea.org/Public/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.aspx?current=KR |title=Korea, Republic of |work=Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) |publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |date=5 May 2012 |access-date=6 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506210033/http://pris.iaea.org/Public/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.aspx?current=KR |archive-date = 6 May 2012 |access-date= 7 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107181544/http://www.nti.org/facilities/6/ |archive-date= 7 January 2014 |url-status= dead 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.
On 4 May 2012, ground was broken for two new reactors, Shin ("new") Uljin-1 and -2 using APR-1400 reactors.{{cite news |access-date= 10 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120509060304/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Celebrations_at_South_Korean_groundbreaking-0805127.html |archive-date= 9 May 2012 |url-status= live
Fuel loading completed at Shin Hanul 1 in October 2021. Unit 1 achieved first criticality on 22 May 2022, 11 am local time with electricity generation expected to start in June 2022. Unit 2 achieved criticality on 6 December 2023, 6 am local time, with grid connection expected for 20 December 2023.
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. In 2012, the reactors were expected to cost about 7 trillion won (US$6 billion), and to be completed by 2018.{{cite news |access-date= 6 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120510043550/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2012/05/04/16/0501000000AEN20120504003251320F.HTML |archive-date= 10 May 2012 |url-status= live
In September 2024 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission issued a licence to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for the construction of units 3 and 4 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, scheduled to be completed by 2032, and by 2033.
Reactors
| Unit | Type | Capacity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (net) | Construction start | Operation start | Notes | ||||||||||
| Phase I | |||||||||||||
| Hanul-1 | France CPI | 968 MW | 26 Jan 1983 | 10 Sept 1988 | |||||||||
| Hanul-2 | France CPI | 969 MW | 5 July 1983 | 30 Sept 1989 | |||||||||
| Hanul-3 | OPR-1000 | 997 MW | 21 July 1993 | 11 Aug 1998 | |||||||||
| Hanul-4 | OPR-1000 | 999 MW | 1 Nov 1993 | 31 Dec 1999 | |||||||||
| Hanul-5 | OPR-1000 | 998 MW | 1 Oct 1999 | 29 July 2004 | |||||||||
| Hanul-6 | OPR-1000 | 997 MW | 29 Sept 2000 | 22 Apr 2005 | |||||||||
| Phase II | |||||||||||||
| Shin Hanul-1 | APR-1400 | 1340 MW | 21 July 2012 | 9 June 2022 | |||||||||
| Shin Hanul-2 | APR-1400 | 1340 MW | 19 June 2013 | 21 Dec 2023 | url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf81.html | title=Nuclear Power in South Korea | date=April 2012 | work=Country Briefings | publisher=World Nuclear Association (WNA) | access-date=6 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511121359/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf81.html | archive-date=11 May 2012 | url-status=live}} |
| Shin Hanul-3 | APR-1400 | 1340 MW | 30 October 2024 | 2032 (est) | title=South Korea breaks ground for two new reactors | url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/south-korea-breaks-ground-for-two-new-reactors | access-date=30 October 2024}} | ||||||
| Shin Hanul-4 | APR-1400 | 1340 MW | 30 October 2024 | 2033 (est) |
References
References
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- "Fuel loading completed at Shin Hanul 1 : New Nuclear – World Nuclear News".
- "South Korean APR-1400 starts up : New Nuclear – World Nuclear News".
- "Second APR-1400 at Shin Hanul starts up : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News".
- (12 September 2024). "Construction permit granted for new Korean APR1400 units". [[World Nuclear News]].
- (5 May 2012). "Ulchin-1". [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA).
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