Hanul nuclear power plant

Hanul nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Hanul nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 8 operating nuclear sites in South Korea, holding 23% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 7th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1988 and 2005; the median unit is 27.5 years old, older than the median of 27.0 in South Korea.

The 6 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.2 to 5.8 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 Shin-Hanul nuclear power plant (1 km), Shin-Wolsong nuclear power plant (153 km) and Wolsong nuclear power plant (154 km).

5 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +7.0%, Unit 2 +7.1%, Unit 4 +5.2%, Unit 5 +5.1% and Unit 6 +4.9%.

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.