The Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant, or Wolsong,
is a
nuclear power plant located on the coast near Nae-ri, Yangnm-myeon,
Gyeongju,
North Gyeongsang
North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...
province,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. It is the only South Korean nuclear power plant operating
CANDU-type
PHWR
A pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water ( deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and neutron moderator. PHWRs frequently use natural uranium as fuel, but sometimes also use very low enriched uranium. T ...
(Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors).
[(in Korean]
경주시의 산업·교통 (Industry and Transportation of Gyeongju)
Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP; ) is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). It operates large nuclear and hydroelectric plants in South Korea, which are responsible for about 27 percent of the country's electric power.
...
owns the plant. These reactors are capable of consuming multiple types of fuel, including wastes from South Korea's other nuclear plants.
The power plant site including Yangnam-myeon. Yangbuk-myeon and Gampo-eup was designated an industrial infrastructure development zone in 1976. Construction of Wolseong 1 started in 1976 and was completed in 1982. In the following year, the power plant began commercial operations. This PHWR reactor has a gross generation capacity of 678 MW. Wolseong reactors 2, 3 and 4 were completed in 1997, 1998 and 1999, respectively. Each of these reactors has a capacity of 700 MW. Wolseong Nuclear Plant has since operated successfully.
Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant supplies about 5% of South Korea's
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as describ ...
.
Shin-Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant
Shin-Wolsong No. 1 and No. 2, are two new
OPR-1000 type
pressurized water reactor
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) i ...
s. Shin-Wolsong 1 became fully operational in July 2012.
[
In June 2013 Shin-Wolsong 1 was shutdown, and Shin-Wolsong 2 ordered to remain offline, until safety-related control cabling with forged safety certificates is replaced.]
See also
* Kori Nuclear Power Plant
*Nuclear power in South Korea
Nuclear power is a major power source in South Korea, providing 29% of the country's electricity.
The total electrical generation capacity of the nuclear power plants of South Korea is 20.5 GWe from 23 reactors, equivalent to 22% of South K ...
* List of nuclear reactors#South Korea
References
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External links
Nuclear power > Wolseong
at Korea Nuclear Energy Foundation
Nuclear power stations in South Korea
Buildings and structures in Gyeongju
Nuclear power stations using CANDU reactors
1983 establishments in South Korea