Wolsong nuclear power plant

Wolsong nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Wolsong nuclear power plant is the 8th largest of 8 operating nuclear sites in South Korea, holding 7% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 105th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1997 and 1999; the median unit is 28.0 years old, older than the median of 27.0 in South Korea.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.0 to 5.2 years (median 4.7) 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 Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant (1 km), Saeul nuclear power plant (45 km) and Shin-Kori nuclear power plant (45 km).

3 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 2 -12.7%, Unit 3 -9.0% and Unit 4 -14.2%.

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

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.