Energy Magazine April 2020 | Page 61

5,875MW CAPACITY

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Constructed in South Korea ’ s Jeollanam-do province , the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant has six operational units ranging from 947MW to 997MW subdivided into three variants . Hanbit 1 and 2 use pressurised light water reactors ( PWRs ) built via South Korea ’ s ‘ component approach ’, which utilised domestic companies for auxiliary parts and contracted international designs for primary parts . Meanwhile , Hanbit 3 and 4 were constructed using entirely domestic sources , while Hanbit 5 and 6 were inspired by Ulchin-3 reactors - a Korean Standard Nuclear Power design .
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