HANBIT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
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HANBIT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
LOCATION: KELLANAM-DO, SOUTH KOREA
COMPANY: KOREA HYDRO AND NUCLEAR POWER
CEO: WHANG JOO-HO CAPACITY: 5.88 GW
The Hanbit power plant is located on the west coast of South Korea and uses six pressurised water reactors, with the first beginning operation in 1986 and the last at the end of 2002.
Its units were constructed by Hyundai Engineering & Construction and accounted for 6 % of South Korea’ s electricity production in 2022.
The sixth unit features 177 fuel ssemblies in the core of the reactor and 28 safety control rods.
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