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ULCHIN-4
(
Operational
)
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
OPR-1000
Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
998
MW
e
1050
MW
e
1045
MW
e
2825
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Nov, 1993
14 Dec, 1998
28 Dec, 1998
31 Dec, 1999
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
100.34 TW.h
82.1 %
82.8 %
17.9 %
83.5 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2012
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
1998
Data from a trial operation not provided
1999
"
2000
7042.470
960
7229
82.3
81.3
81.3
83.5
83.5
2001
7732.330
960
7880
90.0
89.9
85.6
92.0
87.7
2002
7311.290
960
7448
85.0
83.8
85.0
86.9
87.5
2003
7922.450
960
8081
92.2
91.6
86.7
94.2
89.2
2004
8623.080
960
8700
99.0
98.7
89.1
102.3
91.8
2005
8003.010
960
8085
92.3
91.3
89.4
95.2
92.3
2006
7886.160
993
7938
90.6
89.8
89.5
90.7
92.1
2007
7912.850
992
7998
91.3
90.3
89.6
91.1
92.0
2008
8762.750
998
8784
100.0
100.0
90.8
100.0
92.9
2009
7924.370
998
8047
91.9
90.6
90.8
90.6
92.6
2010
8110.600
998
8149
93.0
92.6
90.9
92.8
92.7
2011
6023.710
998
6034
68.9
68.7
89.0
68.9
90.6
2012
0.000
998
0
0.0
0.0
82.1
0.0
83.5
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2013-05-22
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