Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is the nuclear steam supply system vendor for 33 reactor units on record, 20 of them operating, totalling 24.1 GW of gross capacity across 2 countries.
Operator of the entire South Korean fleet and vendor of the OPR-1000 and APR-1400. The APR-1400 is the design exported to the United Arab Emirates for the four-unit Barakah station, the first nuclear plant in the Arab world. A subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation.
| Headquarters | Gyeongju, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Ownership | state |
| Roles in the chain | vendor, operator |
| South Korea | 16 |
|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 4 |
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power in context
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is the reactor vendor for 20 of the 419 operating units on record (4.8%), 7th of 13 vendors by operating units, 24,080 MW gross in total.
The median age of its operating units is 14.0 years, against 39.0 for the whole operating fleet.
Its 20 finished units with construction and grid dates took a median 5.1 years to build, against 6.0 across all finished reactors.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is the vendor of 2 reactor design lines (OPR-1000 and APR-1400), covering 33 units on record, 20 of them operating.
How these are worked out: shares and ranks use the world totals cited in the table, and only named companies are ranked (unnamed or country-level entries in a source are not). A facility with no stated capacity is counted as a facility but adds nothing to a capacity figure. Vendor figures count operating units where this company is the recorded reactor vendor; ages count from the start-up year on record, and build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the age and build-times pages.
Design lines
Installed base
| Unit | Country | Status | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saeul nuclear power plant 2 | South Korea | APR-1400 | 1,491 | 2019 | |
| Saeul nuclear power plant 1 | South Korea | APR-1400 | 1,488 | 2016 | |
| Shin-Hanul nuclear power plant 1 | South Korea | APR-1400 | 1,455 | 2022 | |
| Barakah nuclear power plant 1 | United Arab Emirates | APR-1400 | 1,417 | 2021 | |
| Barakah nuclear power plant 2 | United Arab Emirates | APR-1400 | 1,417 | 2022 | |
| Barakah nuclear power plant 3 | United Arab Emirates | APR-1400 | 1,417 | 2023 | |
| Barakah nuclear power plant 4 | United Arab Emirates | APR-1400 | 1,417 | 2024 | |
| Shin-Hanul nuclear power plant 2 | South Korea | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2023 | |
| Hanbit nuclear power plant 6 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,053 | 2002 | |
| Hanul nuclear power plant 4 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,052 | 1999 | |
| Hanbit nuclear power plant 5 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,051 | 2002 | |
| Hanul nuclear power plant 3 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,051 | 1998 | |
| Hanul nuclear power plant 5 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,049 | 2004 | |
| Hanul nuclear power plant 6 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,049 | 2005 | |
| Shin-Kori nuclear power plant 1 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,048 | 2011 | |
| Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant 1 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,048 | 2012 | |
| Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant 2 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,048 | 2015 | |
| Shin-Kori nuclear power plant 2 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,047 | 2012 | |
| Hanbit nuclear power plant 3 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,041 | 1995 | |
| Hanbit nuclear power plant 4 | South Korea | OPR-1000 | 1,041 | 1996 | |
| Saeul nuclear power plant 3 | South Korea | Under construction | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2026 |
| Saeul nuclear power plant 4 | South Korea | Under construction | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2026 |
| Shin-Hanul nuclear power plant 3 | South Korea | Under construction | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2032 |
| Shin-Hanul nuclear power plant 4 | South Korea | Under construction | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2033 |
| Pątnów nuclear power plant 1 | Poland | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,400 | 2035 |
| Pątnów nuclear power plant 2 | Poland | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,400 | - |
| Duwaiheen nuclear power plant 1 | Saudi Arabia | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,400 | - |
| Duwaiheen nuclear power plant 2 | Saudi Arabia | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,400 | - |
| Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant 3 | South Korea | Cancelled (inferred) | APR-1400 | 1,350 | - |
| Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant 4 | South Korea | Cancelled (inferred) | APR-1400 | 1,350 | - |
| Idaho Energy Complex Payette County nuclear power plant 1 | United States | Cancelled | APR-1400 | 1,350 | - |
| Buyende nuclear power plant 1 | Uganda | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,000 | 2031 |
| Buyende nuclear power plant 2 | Uganda | Announced | APR-1400 | 1,000 | - |
Sources
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, company source
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
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