Hanul Nuclear Power Plant

Hanul Nuclear Power Plant
Hanul (formerly Uljin) Nuclear Power Plant
Hanul (formerly Uljin) Nuclear Power Plant
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Official name한울원자력발전소
CountrySouth Korea
LocationNorth Gyeongsang Province
Coordinates37°05′34″N 129°23′01″E / 37.09278°N 129.38361°E / 37.09278; 129.38361
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
Unit 9: 30 October 2024
Unit 10: 30 October 2024
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
Unit 7: 9 June 2022
Unit 8: 21 December 2023
OwnerKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power
OperatorKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Nuclear power station
Reactor typePWR
Reactor supplierKEPCO/KHNP
Cooling sourceSea 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
2 x 1340 MW
Make and model2 × France CPI
4 × OPR-1000
2 × APR-1400
Units planned2 × 1340 MW APR-1400
Nameplate capacity7268 MW
Capacity factor76.63%
Annual net output39,795 GW·h (2016)
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The Hanul Nuclear Power Plant (originally the Uljin NPP Korean: 울진원자력발전소) is a large nuclear power station in the North Gyeongsang 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]

On 4 May 2012, ground was broken for two new reactors, Shin ("new") Uljin-1 and -2 using APR-1400 reactors.[4][5]

Fuel loading completed at Shin Hanul 1 in October 2021.[6] Unit 1 achieved first criticality on 22 May 2022, 11 am local time with electricity generation expected to start in June 2022.[7] Unit 2 achieved criticality on 6 December 2023, 6 am local time, with grid connection expected for 20 December 2023.[8]

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.[4]

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.[9]

Reactors

Unit Type Capacity
(net) 		Construction start Operation start Notes
Phase I
Hanul-1 France CPI 968 MW 26 Jan 1983 10 Sept 1988 [10]
Hanul-2 France CPI 969 MW 5 July 1983 30 Sept 1989 [11]
Hanul-3 OPR-1000 997 MW 21 July 1993 11 Aug 1998 [12]
Hanul-4 OPR-1000 999 MW 1 Nov 1993 31 Dec 1999 [13]
Hanul-5 OPR-1000 998 MW 1 Oct 1999 29 July 2004 [14]
Hanul-6 OPR-1000 997 MW 29 Sept 2000 22 Apr 2005 [15]
Phase II
Shin Hanul-1 APR-1400 1340 MW 21 July 2012 9 June 2022[16] [17]
Shin Hanul-2 APR-1400 1340 MW 19 June 2013 21 Dec 2023 [18]
Shin Hanul-3 APR-1400 1340 MW 30 October 2024 2032 (est) [19]
Shin Hanul-4 APR-1400 1340 MW 30 October 2024 2033 (est) [19]

See also

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References

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