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WOLSONG-2
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
576
MW
e
652
MW
e
599
MW
e
2061
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
25 Sep, 1992
29 Jan, 1997
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Apr, 1997
01 Jul, 1997
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
136.49 TW.h
87.8 %
87.7 %
12.2 %
89.5 %
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
1997
3294.950
650
5296
95.1
94.7
94.7
97.7
97.7
1998
4788.680
650
7144
81.6
81.0
85.6
84.1
88.7
1999
5211.770
650
7754
88.5
88.1
86.6
91.5
89.8
2000
5346.810
650
7843
89.3
91.5
88.0
93.6
90.9
2001
5585.430
650
8188
93.5
92.8
89.1
98.1
92.5
2002
5265.980
650
7717
88.1
87.7
88.8
92.5
92.5
2003
5480.580
650
8015
91.5
91.2
89.2
96.2
93.1
2004
5465.460
650
8015
91.2
90.9
89.4
95.7
93.4
2005
5641.290
650
8243
94.1
93.9
89.9
99.1
94.1
2006
5975.850
684
8711
99.4
99.3
91.0
99.7
94.7
2007
5618.820
683
7948
90.7
90.6
90.9
93.9
94.6
2008
5700.280
710
8081
92.0
92.0
91.0
91.4
94.3
2009
5845.940
710
8265
94.4
93.9
91.3
94.0
94.3
2010
5774.270
710
8152
93.1
92.7
91.4
92.8
94.2
2011
6124.720
710
8760
100.0
98.4
91.9
98.5
94.5
2012
5572.930
673
8187
93.2
92.8
92.0
94.3
94.5
2013
4797.420
655
7207
82.3
82.2
91.4
82.9
93.8
2014
5194.820
650
7954
90.8
90.8
91.3
90.8
93.6
2015
5143.350
652
7921
90.4
90.0
91.3
90.1
93.4
2016
4219.270
647
6525
74.3
73.9
90.4
74.2
92.5
2017
4981.050
632
7947
90.7
90.2
90.4
90.0
92.4
2018
4449.940
611
7190
82.1
82.0
90.0
83.1
92.0
2019
4840.920
606
7920
90.4
89.6
90.0
91.2
91.9
2020
3900.780
596
6558
74.7
73.7
89.4
74.5
91.3
2021
4781.060
582
8248
94.2
92.8
89.5
93.8
91.4
2022
2059.850
569
3578
40.8
40.8
87.8
41.3
89.6
2023
4350.620
576
7539
86.1
85.6
87.8
86.2
89.5
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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