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KORI-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH F
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
640
MW
e
618
MW
e
681
MW
e
1882
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
23 Dec, 1977
09 Apr, 1983
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
22 Apr, 1983
25 Jul, 1983
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
185.22 TW.h
82.5 %
83.4 %
17.5 %
83.6 %
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
1983
Data Not Provided
1984
4086.380
605
6876
78.3
76.1
76.1
76.9
76.9
1985
3731.400
605
6641
75.8
69.8
73.0
70.4
73.6
1986
3945.200
605
6555
74.8
74.8
73.6
74.4
73.9
1987
4265.440
605
7251
82.8
81.6
75.6
80.5
75.6
1988
4504.670
605
7275
82.8
82.8
77.0
84.8
77.4
1989
5062.770
605
8387
95.7
95.7
80.2
95.5
80.4
1990
4349.880
605
7381
84.3
84.3
80.7
82.1
80.7
1991
4553.980
605
7512
85.8
85.8
81.4
85.9
81.3
1992
4517.200
605
7469
85.0
85.0
81.8
85.0
81.7
1993
4186.980
605
7048
80.5
80.5
81.6
79.0
81.4
1994
4693.890
605
7685
87.7
86.5
82.1
88.6
82.1
1995
5106.610
605
8370
95.6
94.7
83.1
96.4
83.3
1996
4673.920
605
7668
87.3
86.0
83.4
88.0
83.6
1997
4620.330
605
7639
87.2
86.6
83.6
87.2
83.9
1998
4697.630
605
7541
86.1
84.9
83.7
88.6
84.2
1999
4672.240
605
7472
85.3
83.6
83.7
88.2
84.5
2000
4914.700
605
7812
88.9
90.1
84.1
92.5
84.9
2001
4807.760
605
7650
87.3
87.3
84.2
90.7
85.2
2002
5051.220
605
7982
91.1
90.6
84.6
95.3
85.8
2003
4844.240
605
7709
88.0
85.4
84.6
91.4
86.1
2004
5501.540
605
8602
97.9
97.8
85.2
103.5
86.9
2005
5151.510
605
8080
92.2
92.0
85.6
97.2
87.4
2006
5099.160
637
7984
91.1
90.8
85.8
91.4
87.6
2007
5011.020
637
7886
90.0
89.2
85.9
89.8
87.6
2008
4933.940
637
7771
88.5
87.6
86.0
88.2
87.7
2009
5176.870
637
8110
92.6
92.2
86.3
92.8
87.9
2010
5025.590
637
7921
90.4
90.0
86.4
90.1
88.0
2011
5497.790
637
8578
97.9
97.8
86.8
98.5
88.4
2012
4703.690
637
7606
86.6
84.0
86.7
84.1
88.2
2013
4501.640
639
7118
81.3
80.3
86.5
80.4
87.9
2014
5127.370
640
8035
91.7
91.2
86.7
91.5
88.0
2015
4446.100
640
6923
79.0
78.7
86.4
79.3
87.8
2016
3769.970
640
5935
67.6
66.8
85.8
67.1
87.1
2017
5631.940
640
8760
100.0
100.0
86.2
100.5
87.5
2018
2694.130
640
4356
49.7
47.8
85.1
48.0
86.4
2019
5620.150
640
8760
100.0
99.9
85.5
100.2
86.8
2020
2064.650
640
3327
37.9
36.6
84.1
36.7
85.4
2021
5502.380
640
8584
98.0
97.8
84.5
98.1
85.7
2022
3598.820
640
5677
64.8
64.0
84.0
64.2
85.1
2023
1504.500
640
2350
26.8
26.7
82.5
26.8
83.6
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25
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