Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant
The power plant site including Yangnam-myeon. Yangbuk-myeon and Gampo-eup was designated an industrial infrastructure development zone in 1976. Construction of Wolseong 1 started in 1976 and was completed in 1982. In the following year, the power plant began commercial operations. This PHWR reactor has a gross generation capacity of 678 MW. Wolseong reactors 2, 3 and 4 were completed in 1997, 1998 and 1999, respectively. Each of these reactors has a capacity of 700 MW. Wolseong Nuclear Plant has since operated successfully.
Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant supplies about 5% of South Korea's electricity.
Shin-Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant
Shin-Wolsong No. 1 and No. 2, are two new OPR-1000 type pressurized water reactors. Shin-Wolsong 1 became fully operational in July 2012.
In June 2013 Shin-Wolsong 1 was shut down, and Shin-Wolsong 2 ordered to remain offline, until safety-related control cabling with forged safety certificates is replaced. Shin Wolsong-1 was approved for restart in January 2014. In November 2014, Shin Wolsong-2 loaded its first core of nuclear fuel, and the plant was connected to the grid in February 2015, with commercial operation commencing in July 2015.
Unit | Type | Capacity (net) |
Construction start | Operation start | Notes |
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Phase I | |||||
Wolsong-1 | CANDU-6 | 657 MW | 30 Oct 1977 | 22 April 1983 | Unit placed in Permanent Shutdown in 2019. |
Wolsong-2 | CANDU-6 | 576 MW | 22 June 1992 | 1 July 1997 | |
Wolsong-3 | CANDU-6 | 601 MW | 17 March 1994 | 1 July 1998 | |
Wolsong-4 | CANDU-6 | 567 MW | 22 July 1994 | 1 Oct 1999 | |
Phase II | |||||
Shin Wolsong-1 | OPR-1000 | 997 MW | 20 Nov 2007 | 31 July 2012 | |
Shin Wolsong-2 | OPR-1000 | 993 MW | 23 Sept 2008 | 24 July 2015 |
See also
References
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- ^ "New component issues idle Korean reactors". World Nuclear News. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "Shin Wolsong 2 fuel loading completed". World Nuclear News. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Grid connection for South Korean reactor". World Nuclear News. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "South Korean reactor enters commercial operation". World Nuclear News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Wolsong-1". PRIS. IAEA. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Wolsong-2". PRIS. IAEA. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Wolsong-3". PRIS. IAEA. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Wolsong-4". PRIS. IAEA. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Shin-Wolsong-1". PRIS. IAEA. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Shin-Wolsong-2". PRIS. IAEA. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
External links
- Nuclear power > Wolseong Archived 2010-02-01 at the Wayback Machine at Korea Nuclear Energy Foundation