Kori Nuclear Power Plant
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The Kori Nuclear Power Plant (Korean
: 고리원자력발전소, Hanja
: 古里原子力發電所) is a South Korean
nuclear power
plant located in Gori, a suburban village in Busan
. It is owned and operated by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
, a subsidiary of KEPCO
. The first reactor began commercial operation in 1978.
An expansion of the plant begun in 2006 added four new Korean-sourced reactors, the so-called Shin Kori reactors. The first pair of Shin Kori reactors are of the OPR-1000 design, while the second two are the APR-1400 design. By November 2010 the first was online and the rest undergoing trials or construction. Two further APR-1400 reactors are in planning.
s.
(NSSS = nuclear steam supply system)
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: 고리원자력발전소, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 古里原子力發電所) is a South Korean
South Korea
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nuclear power
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
plant located in Gori, a suburban village in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
. It is owned and operated by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corporation . It operates large nuclear and hydroelectric plants in South Korea, which are responsible for about 40% of the country's electric power supply...
, a subsidiary of KEPCO
Korea Electric Power
Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO, is the largest electric utility in South Korea,...
. The first reactor began commercial operation in 1978.
An expansion of the plant begun in 2006 added four new Korean-sourced reactors, the so-called Shin Kori reactors. The first pair of Shin Kori reactors are of the OPR-1000 design, while the second two are the APR-1400 design. By November 2010 the first was online and the rest undergoing trials or construction. Two further APR-1400 reactors are in planning.
Breakdown by reactor
So far, all reactors on site are pressurized water reactorPressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
s.
| Name | Net Electric Output | First Criticality | Commercial Start | Reactor Supplier | NSSS supplier | Architecture | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kori 1 | 556 MWe | 06/1977 | 04/1978 | Westinghouse Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a nuclear power company, offering a wide range of nuclear products and services to utilities throughout the world, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control and advanced nuclear plant designs... |
GEC Turbines (Rugby) | Gilbert | Westinghouse Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a nuclear power company, offering a wide range of nuclear products and services to utilities throughout the world, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control and advanced nuclear plant designs... |
| Kori 2 | 605 MWe | 04/1983 | 07/1983 | Westinghouse | GEC Turbines (Rugby) | Gilbert | Westinghouse |
| Kori 3 | 895 MWe | 01/1985 | 09/1985 | Westinghouse | GEC Turbines (Rugby) | Bechtel Bechtel Bechtel Corporation is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the U.S... |
Hyundai Hyundai Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung... |
| Kori 4 | 895 MWe | 10/1985 | 04/1986 | Westinghouse | GEC Turbines (Rugby) | Bechtel | Hyundai |
| Shin Kori 1 | 960 MWe | 06/2010 | 02/2011 | KHNP/KEPCO Korea Electric Power Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO, is the largest electric utility in South Korea,... |
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Hyundai |
| Shin Kori 2 | 960 MWe | 2011 | KHNP/KEPCO | Doosan | KOPEC | Hyundai | |
| Shin Kori 3 | 1,340 MWe | 2013 | KHNP/KEPCO | Doosan | KOPEC | Hyundai | |
| Shin Kori 4 | 1,340 MWe | 2014 | KHNP/KEPCO | Doosan | KOPEC | Hyundai | |
(NSSS = nuclear steam supply system)