WOLSONG-4

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PHWR
CANDU 6
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
567 MWe
669 MWe
589 MWe
2061 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
22 Jul, 1994
10 Apr, 1999
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
21 May, 1999
01 Oct, 1999

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
130.50 TW.h
90.6 %
90.8 %
9.4 %
92.3 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

Operating History

Year Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
1999 1489.230 650 2208 100.0 99.9 99.9 103.8 103.8
2000 5423.320 650 8033 91.4 91.4 93.1 95.0 96.8
2001 5493.170 650 8110 92.6 92.6 92.8 96.5 96.6
2002 5448.110 650 7971 91.0 90.8 92.2 95.7 96.3
2003 5601.860 650 8225 93.9 93.5 92.5 98.4 96.8
2004 5620.950 650 8209 93.4 93.2 92.6 98.4 97.1
2005 5657.870 650 8254 94.2 93.8 92.8 99.4 97.5
2006 6028.310 685 8760 100.0 100.0 93.9 100.5 97.9
2007 5770.360 685 8157 93.1 92.8 93.7 96.2 97.7
2008 5861.400 708 8271 94.2 94.2 93.8 94.2 97.3
2009 5714.060 708 8079 92.2 92.4 93.6 92.1 96.8
2010 5831.200 708 8218 93.8 93.7 93.6 94.0 96.5
2011 5828.850 708 8215 93.8 93.5 93.6 94.0 96.3
2012 6105.670 694 8702 99.1 98.6 94.0 100.2 96.6
2013 5364.390 688 7761 88.6 88.3 93.6 89.0 96.0
2014 4970.750 669 7307 83.4 83.3 92.9 84.8 95.3
2015 5117.750 669 7636 87.2 87.1 92.6 87.3 94.8
2016 4334.900 653 6720 76.5 75.9 91.6 75.6 93.8
2017 5517.850 635 8760 100.0 99.6 92.1 99.2 94.0
2018 4494.930 622 7354 84.0 83.2 91.6 82.5 93.5
2019 4420.510 609 7310 83.4 82.1 91.2 82.9 93.0
2020 4126.510 600 6872 78.2 77.3 90.6 78.3 92.4
2021 4307.320 575 7376 84.2 83.4 90.3 85.5 92.1
2022 5086.510 574 8760 100.0 99.8 90.7 101.2 92.4
2023 4392.970 567 7739 88.3 87.8 90.6 88.4 92.3
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18


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