Nuclear power in South Korea

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Nuclear power plants in South Korea:
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Currently (as of January 2018), 24 reactor blocks with a gross installed capacity of 23,574 MW (net 22,505 MW) are operated in South Korea at 4 locations ; another 4 reactor blocks are under construction. The first commercially used reactor block went into operation in 1977.

The share of nuclear power in total electricity generation is around 30%. In 2015, South Korea generated 553 TWh of electricity, 165 TWh of which came from nuclear power plants.

history

South Korea joined the IAEA in 1957. The first experimental reactor was put into operation in 1962; the first commercially used reactor block followed in 1977 at the Kori nuclear power plant . Additional nuclear power plants were built in the 1980s and 1990s, the technology initially based on licenses from Westinghouse and Framatome . Building on this, South Korea developed its own reactors, such as the OPR-1000 and the APR-1400 .

In June 2011 the government proclaimed a “new growth strategy”: sustainable, clean and resource-saving economic activity while at the same time maintaining the growth paradigm. Nuclear energy plays a major role in this. It is questionable whether far-reaching export plans for nuclear power plants can still be implemented after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.

The nuclear exporter is the state-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The Korean Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency (Konepa) praises atomic energy as “the energy that makes your life happier”.

In 2012, five senior executives from the state-owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. were accused of covering up a potentially dangerous power failure in the country's oldest reactor. At the end of 2012, it became known that South Korean companies had been issuing safety certificates on a large scale for years against their better judgment without the corresponding controls. The NSSC control commission announced on May 28, 2013 that another reactor in Kori would not be back on the grid after its maintenance, and a new reactor in Wolsong would not be commissioned.

Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo said in Seoul in November 2012 that two reactors at the Yeonggwang nuclear power plant had been shut down due to a lack of certificates. They could stay off until early 2013. Strict safety controls for the two reactors are required. It is inevitable that the country will experience an unprecedented power shortage in winter. South Korea's energy supply network is chronically overloaded at peak times.

In January 2014, the South Korean government announced that instead of increasing the share of nuclear power in electricity production to 41 percent, it wanted to reduce it to 29 percent. On June 19, 2017, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in announced his country's withdrawal from nuclear energy. All plans to build new reactors would be abandoned and the life of existing reactors would not be extended.

List of nuclear power plants in South Korea

List of nuclear power plants in South Korea (source: IAEA, as of February 2019)
Surname block
 Reactor type model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Kori / Shin-Kori 1 DWR WH 60 Shut down 576 607 1972-08-01 08/01/1972 1977-06-26 06/26/1977 1978-04-29 04/29/1978 2017-06-17 06/17/2017 146.24
2 DWR WH F In operation 640 681 1977-12-23 December 23, 1977 1983-04-22 04/22/1983 1983-07-25 07/25/1983 - 158.60
3 DWR WH F In operation 1.011 1,043 1979-10-01 10/01/1979 1985-01-22 01/22/1985 1985-09-30 09/30/1985 - 228.81
4th DWR WH F In operation 1.012 1,044 1980-04-01 04/01/1980 1985-12-31 December 31, 1985 1986-04-29 04/29/1986 - 228.38
Shin-1 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 997 1,044 2006-06-16 06/16/2006 2010-08-04 08/04/2010 2011-02-28 02/28/2011 - 42.02
Shin-2 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 997 1,046 2007-06-05 06/05/2007 2012-01-28 01/28/2012 2012-07-20 07/20/2012 - 31.30
Shin-3 DWR APR-1400 In operation 1,416 1,455 2008-10-16 10/16/2008 2016-01-15 January 15, 2016 2016-12-20 December 20, 2016 - 2.85
Shin-4 DWR APR-1400 In operation 1,340 1,400 2009-08-19 08/19/2009 2019-04-22 04/22/2019 2019-08-29 08/29/2019 - -
Shin-5 DWR APR-1400 Under construction since 2017 1,340 1,455 2017-04-01 04/01/2017 - - - -
Shin-6 DWR APR-1400 Under construction since 2018 1,340 1,400 2018-09-20 09/20/2018 - - - -
Hanbit 1 DWR WH F In operation 996 1,035 1981-06-04 06/04/1981 1986-05-03 05.03.1986 1986-08-25 08/25/1986 - 220.28
2 DWR WH F In operation 988 1,026 1981-12-01 December 01, 1981 1986-11-11 11/11/1986 1987-06-10 06/10/1987 - 207.01
3 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 986 1,047 1989-12-23 December 23, 1989 1994-10-30 10/30/1994 1995-03-31 March 31, 1995 - 162.64
4th DWR OPR-1000 In operation 970 1,022 1990-06-26 06/26/1990 1995-07-18 07/18/1995 1996-01-01 01/01/1996 - 162.68
5 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 994 1,052 1997-06-29 06/29/1997 2001-12-19 12/19/2001 2002-05-21 05/21/2002 - 112.47
6th DWR OPR-1000 In operation 993 1,050 1997-11-20 11/20/1997 2002-09-16 09/16/2002 2002-12-24 12/24/2002 - 109.62
Hanul / Shin-Hanul 1 DWR France CPI In operation 968 1.008 1983-01-26 01/26/1983 1988-04-07 04/07/1988 1988-09-10 09/10/1988 - 202.09
2 DWR France CPI In operation 969 1.012 1983-07-05 07/05/1983 1989-04-14 04/14/1989 1989-09-30 09/30/1989 - 198.70
3 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 997 1,049 1993-07-21 07/21/1993 1998-06-01 01/06/1998 1998-08-11 08/11/1998 - 139.90
4th DWR OPR-1000 In operation 999 1,053 1993-11-01 11/01/1993 1998-12-28 12/28/1998 1999-12-31 December 31, 1999 - 124.81
5 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 998 1,052 1999-10-01 10/01/1999 2003-12-18 12/18/2003 2004-07-29 07/29/2004 - 100.00
6th DWR OPR-1000 In operation 997 1,050 2000-09-29 09/29/2000 2005-01-07 07/01/2005 2005-04-22 04/22/2005 - 94.68
Shin-1 DWR APR-1400 Under construction since 2012 1,340 1,400 2012-07-10 07/10/2012 - - - -
Shin-2 DWR APR-1400 Under construction since 2013 1,340 1,400 2013-06-19 06/19/2013 - - - -
Wolsong / Shin-Wolsong 1 PHWR CANDU-6 Shut down 661 682 1977-10-30 10/30/1977 1982-12-31 December 31, 1982 1983-04-22 04/22/1983 June 20, 2018 137.93
2 PHWR CANDU-6 In operation 632 671 1992-09-25 09/25/1992 1997-04-01 04/01/1997 1997-07-01 07/01/1997 - 107.13
3 PHWR CANDU-6 In operation 648 675 1994-03-17 03/17/1994 1998-03-25 03/25/1998 1998-07-01 07/01/1998 - 103.15
4th PHWR CANDU-6 In operation 634 675 1994-07-22 07/22/1994 1999-05-21 05/21/1999 1999-10-01 10/01/1999 - 98.15
Shin-1 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 997 1,045 2007-11-20 11/20/2007 2012-01-27 01/27/2012 2012-07-31 July 31, 2012 - 30.48
Shin-2 DWR OPR-1000 In operation 993 1,045 2008-09-23 09/23/2008 2015-02-26 02/26/2015 2015-07-24 07/24/2015 - 12.39

See also

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ a b Fabian Kretschmer: "Green growth" through nuclear power . In: Zeit Online . Zeit Online GmbH , June 30, 2011, accessed on December 3, 2018 .
  4. ^ Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
  5. ↑ FAZ.net: South Korea is taking nuclear power plants off the grid
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  8. ↑ South Korea is slowing down nuclear energy. In: IWR.de. January 14, 2014, accessed January 15, 2014.
  9. ^ South Korea vows to move away from nuclear power. Deutsche Welle, June 19, 2017, accessed on June 19, 2017 .
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