Kori Nuclear Power Plant

Kori Nuclear Power Plant
Kori Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors Kori 1, Kori 2, Kori 3, Kori 4 from right to left.
Official name	고리원자력발전소 (kori)
Country	South Korea
Location	Gori, Busan
Coordinates	35°19′12″N 129°17′24″E / 35.319904°N 129.290053°E / 35.319904; 129.290053
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: 1 August 1972 Unit 2: 23 December 1977 Unit 3: 1 October 1979 Unit 4: 1 April 1980 Unit 5: 16 June 2006 Unit 6: 5 June 2007 Unit 7: 16 October 2008 Unit 8: 19 August 2009
Commission date	Unit 1: 29 April 1978 Unit 2: 25 July 1983 Unit 3: 30 September 1985 Unit 4: 29 April 1986 Unit 5: 28 February 2011 Unit 6: 20 July 2012 Unit 7: 20 December 2016 Unit 8: 29 August 2019
Decommission date	Unit 1: 18 June 2017
Owner	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Operator	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Westinghouse KEPCO E&C
Cooling source	Sea of Japan
Thermal capacity	1 × 1882 MWth 2 × 2912 MWth 2 × 2825 MWth 2 × 3983 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 640 MW 1 × 1011 MW 1 × 1012 MW 2 × 996 MW 1 × 1416 MW 1 × 1418 MW
Make and model	3 × WH-F 2 × OPR-1000 2 × APR-1400
Units under const.	2 × 1340 MW APR-1400
Units decommissioned	1 × 576 MW WH-60
Nameplate capacity	7489 MW (net)
Capacity factor	74.45% (includes Units 1 & 7)
Annual net output	43,148 GW·h (2016) (includes Units 1 & 7)
External links
Website	www.khnp.co.kr/eng/kori/main.office
Commons	Related media on Commons
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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 Kori, a suburban village in Busan. It is the world's second largest fully operational nuclear generating station by total reactor count and the number of currently operational reactors since 2016, after it exceeded in nameplate capacity Canada's Bruce Nuclear Generating Station. It is owned and operated by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of KEPCO. The first reactor began commercial operation in 1978 and operated until 2017 when it was decommissioned. Units 2, 3, and 4 started commercial operations in the 1980s. All reactors on site are pressurized water reactors.