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Containing six pressurised water reactors ( PWRs ), Hanul Nuclear Power Plant located in Gyeongsangbuk-do is South Korea ’ s second-largest . The plant began construction in 1983 and became operational in 1988 . After numerous developments , the latest of which was completed in 2018 , the plant has a nameplate capacity of 5,928MW . The first Korean Standard Nuclear Power ( KSNP ) project , Hanul ’ s construction was part of a plan to attain a self-sufficient source of electricity . One of the sites - Hanul 3 - was the first to employ KSNP ’ s tech in 1998 , which introduced a depressurisation system and superior chemical , volume and digital control .

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