Kŭmho nuclear power plant
| Kŭmho nuclear power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 5 '43 " N , 128 ° 20' 30" E | |
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 North Korea
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| Data | ||
| Owner: | DPRK - Tonghae NPP | |
| Operator: | DPRK - Tonghae NPP | |
| Project start: | 1999 | |
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Construction discontinued (gross): |
2 (2084 MW) | |
| Was standing: | July 17, 2008 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Kŭmho ( 금호 ) nuclear power plant was to be built around 30 km north of Sinpo in South Hamgyŏng Province in North Korea in two attempts, both of which were discontinued . The Namdaech'ŏn River was supposed to provide it with water.
reactor
The Sinpo square was selected in the period 1988–1990 for a plant originally planned with 4 Russian reactors of the type VVER-640/407 . Some components have already been delivered. However, activities on the project were discontinued in 1991.
In the second attempt, two light water reactors of (South) Korean design ( Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant ) with gross 1040 MW each were planned. The Uljin nuclear power plant served as the reference design , which in turn is based on an ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) System 80 design. The fuel should be delivered and the nuclear waste picked up. This was to prevent plutonium from being diverted for bomb construction .
financing
The construction of the 2nd project was decided in the 1994 Geneva Framework Agreement between North Korea and the USA. The plant should consist of two light water reactors, the construction of which should be organized by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO). The $ 4.6 billion cost was to be borne by South Korea (3.2 billion) and Japan (1 billion), the rest by the US and Europe.
Construction activity
The construction of the nuclear power plant (Project 2, decided in 1994) should start quickly. The Asian crisis at the end of the 1990s, however, led to financing problems. South Korea, for example, had to raise its electricity prices by 3% in order to raise sufficient funds for financing. The arrival of the funds from Japan was also delayed, which was also politically related to the testing of a medium-range missile by North Korea in 1998. However, construction had progressed by mid-2000. In addition to the foundation for the reactors, a small town for the construction personnel had emerged, which included a golf course.
However, the increasing political tensions led to a construction freeze on December 12, 2003. 2005 began with the withdrawal of the last workers, which ended in January 2006. The financial loss for South Korea alone is estimated at $ 931 million.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Kŭmho nuclear power plant (project 2) should have a total of two blocks :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Project task |
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| LWR - Sinpo 1 | Pressurized water reactor | 1040 MW | 1042 MW | 08/03/2002 | 12/12/2003 |
| LWR - Sinpo 2 | Pressurized water reactor | 1040 MW | 1042 MW | - | - |
More nuclear facilities in North Korea
The Nyŏngbyŏn nuclear facility is located approx. 100 km north of the capital Pyongyang .
Construction of a 200 MW nuclear reactor began in T'aech'ŏn . The construction was stopped after the contract of 1994.
Punggye-ri in Hamgyŏng-pukto Province is the North Korean nuclear weapons test site (41.311 ° N, 129.114 ° E).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note DPRK ... Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Tonghae ... Ostmeer , NPP ... Nuclear Power Plant
- ↑ Atomstroyexport (ASE) Joint Stock Company - Background in Brief ( Memento of October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ LWR - Sinpo 1 at the PRIS of the IAEA ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b The accuracy of the information is not given, as a nuclear reactor usually has more than 2 MW of its own consumption.
- ↑ LWR - Sinpo 2 at the PRIS of the IAEA ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)