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The Hanul Nuclear Power Plant (originally the Uljin NPP Korean: 울진원자력발전소) is a large nuclear power station in the North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. The facility has eight pressurized water reactors (PWRs) with total operating capacity of 8561 MW , and a further 2680 MW under construction.
Nuclear power is a major power source in South Korea, providing 30% of the country's electricity. [1] [2] The total electrical generation capacity of the nuclear power plants of South Korea is 20.5 GWe from 23 reactors, equivalent to 22% of South Korea's total electrical generation capacity.
The first plants incorporating the APR-1400 design are still under construction. Ten units are planned: Unit-1 and Unit-2 at Shin Hanul Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea; Unit-3, -4, -5 and -6 at Shin Kori Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea; Unit-1, -2, -3 and -4 at Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. [8]
South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Friday ordered an all-out efforts to be made to protect the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant from a wildfire that broke out in the eastern coastal county of Uljin ...
After the election of President Moon Jae-in in May 2017, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) suspended design work on Shin Hanul-3 and -4, [21] and construction work was suspended on Shin Kori-5 and -6 in July 2017 for a three-month period while a government-appointed committee met to discuss the country's future nuclear power policy. [22]
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But Shin, a former three-star army general who also served as a lawmaker in Yoon's party, said having a homegrown nuclear arsenal risked devastating fallout to the South's diplomatic standing and ...
Station Community Coordinates Capacity ()Unit Commissioning Notes Kori Nuclear Power Plant: 6,537-> Kori #1: 587: 1: 29 April 1978-> Kori #2: 650: 2: 25 July 1983