Hanbit nuclear power plant

Hanbit nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Hanbit nuclear power plant is the 1st largest of 8 operating nuclear sites in South Korea, holding 23% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 6th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1986 and 2002; the median unit is 30.5 years old, older than the median of 27.0 in South Korea.

The 6 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.5 to 5.1 years (median 4.8) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Kori nuclear power plant (261 km), Saeul nuclear power plant (262 km) and Shin-Kori nuclear power plant (262 km).

5 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +10.2%, Unit 2 +9.4%, Unit 3 +3.8%, Unit 4 +2.1% and Unit 5 +4.4%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.