The Hanul Nuclear Power Plant (originally the Uljin NPP ) 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. The first went online in 1988.
In the early 2000s it was the third largest operational nuclear power plant in the world and the second largest in South Korea. The plant's name was changed from Uljin to Hanul in 2013.
On 4 May 2012, ground was broken for two new reactors, Shin ("new") Uljin-1 and -2 using APR-1400 reactors.
Fuel loading completed at Shin Hanul 1 in October 2021. Unit 1 achieved first criticality on 22 May 2022, 11 am local time with electricity generation expected to start in June 2022. Unit 2 achieved criticality on 6 December 2023, 6 am local time, with grid connection expected for 20 December 2023.
The APR-1400 is a Generation III PWR design with a gross capacity of 1400 MW. It is the first to use Korean-made components for all critical systems. In 2012, the reactors were expected to cost about 7 trillion won (US$6 billion), and to be completed by 2018.
In September 2024 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission issued a licence to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for the construction of units 3 and 4 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, scheduled to be completed by 2032 and 2033, respectively.
Reactors
Unit Type Capacity(net) Construction start Operation start Notes Phase I Hanul-1 France CPI 968 MW 26 Jan 1983 10 Sept 1988 Hanul-2 France CPI 969 MW 5 July 1983 30 Sept 1989 Hanul-3 OPR-1000 997 MW 21 July 1993 11 Aug 1998 Hanul-4 OPR-1000 999 MW 1 Nov 1993 31 Dec 1999 Hanul-5 OPR-1000 998 MW 1 Oct 1999 29 July 2004 Hanul-6 OPR-1000 997 MW 29 Sept 2000 22 Apr 2005 Phase II Shin Hanul-1 APR-1400 1340 MW 21 July 2012 9 June 2022 Shin Hanul-2 APR-1400 1340 MW 19 June 2013 21 Dec 2023 Shin Hanul-3 APR-1400 1340 MW 20 May 2025 2032 (est) Shin Hanul-4 APR-1400 1340 MW 29 May 2026 2033 (est)
See also
List of nuclear power stations List of power stations in South Korea Yeonggwang Nuclear Power Station
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