KORI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
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KORI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
LOCATION: BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
COMPANY: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER
CEO: WHANG JOO-HO CAPACITY: 7.78 GW
The Kori Nuclear Power Plant has seven operational reactors with a total capacity of 7.78 GW.
The first reactor at the Kori plant began commercial operation in 1978 and was decommissioned in 2017. Units 2, 3 and 4 began operation in the 1980s.
Four more units, known as Skin Kori, began construction as an expansion in 2006, adding 5 GW of nameplate capacity to the plant. Shin Kori 3 and 4 have since been renamed Saeul 1 and 2.
Saeul 3 and 4 are under construction and will add a further 2.8 GW of nameplate capacity to the site when completed. energydigital. com 45