Hanul Nuclear Power Plant

Hanul Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Hanul Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Location	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Coordinates	37°05′34″N 129°23′01″E / 37.09278°N 129.38361°ECoordinates: 37°05′34″N 129°23′01″E / 37.09278°N 129.38361°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1988
Operator(s)	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	Sea of Japan (East sea of Korea)
Cooling towers	no
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 942 MW 1 × 945 MW 1 × 994 MW 1 × 998 MW 2 × 1001 MW
Units under const.	2 × 1350 MW
Nameplate capacity	5,881 MW Planned: 8,581 MW
Average generation	48,160 GWh

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]} 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] 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]

Unit	Type	Net Capacity	Construction start	Operation start	Notes
Phase I
Uljin-1	France CPI	945	26 Jan 1983	10 Sept 1988	[6]
Uljin-2	France CPI	942	5 July 1983	30 Sept 1989	[7]
Uljin-3	OPR-1000	994	21 July 1993	11 Aug 1998	[8]
Uljin-4	OPR-1000	998	1 Nov 1993	31 Dec 1999	[9]
Uljin-5	OPR-1000	997	1 Oct 1999	29 July 2004	[10]
Uljin-6	OPR-1000	997	29 Sept 2000	22 Apr 2005	[11]
Phase II
Shin Uljin-1	APR-1400	1350	21 July 2012	2017	[12]
Shin Uljin-2	APR-1400	1350	19 June 2013	2018	[13]
Shin Uljin-3	APR-1400	1350	2018 (planned)	Dec 2022 (planned)	[14]
Shin Uljin-4	APR-1400	1350	2019 (planned)	Dec 2023 (planned)	[15]

See also

• List of nuclear power stations
• List of power stations in South Korea
• Yeonggwang Nuclear Power Station

References

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