Kori nuclear power plant

Kori nuclear power plant
Sea-side view of the Kori nuclear power plant, reactors 4 to 1 (seen from left to right)
location
Coordinates	35 ° 19 '13 "  N , 129 ° 17' 40"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 19 '13 "  N , 129 ° 17' 40"  E
Country:	South Korea
Data
Owner:	Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company
Operator:	Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company
Project start:	1968
Commercial operation:	April 29, 1978
Active reactors (gross):	6 (6,344 MW)
Decommissioned reactors (gross):	1 (607 MW)
Reactors under construction (gross):	3 (4,200 MW)
Energy fed in since commissioning:	901,770 GWh
Website:	http://www.khnp.co.kr/eng/kori/main.office
Was standing:	December 31, 2018
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Kori nuclear power plant ( Korean 고리 원자력 발전소 ) in Kori, Kyongnam , Busan in South Korea consists of nine blocks with pressurized water reactors . Right next to the four Kori reactor blocks are five other reactor blocks, which are known as Shin-Kori ( "New Kori" ).

Of the total of ten power plant units, one has already been shut down, six are in operation and three units are still under construction.

Kori

The reactor block 1 was shut down on June 18, 2017. In this context, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced a phase-out South Korean nuclear phase-out by 2057 . The corresponding timetable provides for the shutdown of the remaining three Kori blocks in the years 2023 to 2025.

Reactors 3 and 4 were built together with Yeonggwang 1 and 2 and Uljin 1 and 2 as part of the second phase of the Korean nuclear program. The reactors all went into commercial operation between 1977 and 1986.

Shin-Kori

The Shin-Kori-1 & -2 reactor blocks are pressurized water reactors with a gross output of 1,044 and 1,046 MW . Construction of Unit 1 began on June 16, 2006, and was first synchronized with the power grid on August 4, 2010. After the construction of Unit 2 began on June 5, 2007, it went online on January 28, 2012.

Shin-Kori-3 to Shin-Kori-5 are to be pressurized water reactors of the APR-1400 type, each with a gross output of 1,400  MW . Construction on Block 3 began on October 16, 2008. Construction work on Block 4 began on September 15, 2009. Unit 3 went online in 2016 and now has a nominal output of 1,485 megawatts, making it one of the ten most powerful reactor units in the world . Construction of units 5 and 6 began in 2017 and 2018.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Kori / Shin-Kori nuclear power plant has a total of ten blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	Construction line	electrical power		thermal reactor power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	Shutdown
			net	Gross
Kori-1	Pressurized water reactor	WH 60	576 MW	607 MW	1,729 MW	08/01/1972	06/26/1977	04/29/1978	06/18/2017
Kori-2	Pressurized water reactor	WH F	640 MW	681 MW	1,882 MW	December 23, 1977	04/22/1983	07/25/1983	(Planned for 2023)
Kori-3	Pressurized water reactor	WH F	1,011 MW	1,044 MW	2,912 MW	10/01/1979	01/22/1985	09/30/1985	(Planned for 2024)
Kori-4	Pressurized water reactor	WH F	1,012 MW	1,044 MW	2,912 MW	04/01/1980	November 15, 1985	04/29/1986	(Planned for 2025)
Shin-Kori-1	Pressurized water reactor	OPR-1000	996 MW	1,044 MW	2,825 MW	06/16/2006	08/04/2010	02/28/2011
Shin-Kori-2	Pressurized water reactor	OPR-1000	996 MW	1,046 MW	2,815 MW	06/05/2007	01/28/2012	07/20/2012
Shin-Kori-3	Pressurized water reactor	APR-1400	1,416 MW	1,485 MW	3,983 MW	10/16/2008	January 15, 2016	December 20, 2016
Shin-Kori-4	Pressurized water reactor	APR-1400	1,340 MW	1,400 MW	3,983 MW	09/15/2009	04/22/2019	08/29/2019
Shin-Kori-5	Pressurized water reactor	APR-1400	1,340 MW	1,400 MW	3,983 MW	04/01/2017
Shin-Kori-6	Pressurized water reactor	APR-1400	1,340 MW	1,400 MW	3,983 MW	09/20/2018

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• List of power plants in South Korea
• List of the most powerful nuclear reactors

Web links

Commons : Kori Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Plague: Kori (South Korea) / Shin-Kori (South Korea)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : Korea, Republic of: Nuclear Power Reactors (English).
2. ^ Moon declares energy shift from nuclear to renewables . In: The Korea Herald . 19th June 2017.