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TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewable**
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other renewables
Total amount in specific units* 932 97 2798 — 2.085 80.1

TABLE 2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Final Energy consumption [PJ] 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 5 626 6 291 7 179 8 096 8 489 2.19
Coal, Lignate and Peat 614 591 756 876 793 1.36
Oil 3 339 3 329 3 422 3 774 3 940 0.87
Natural gas 455 668 857 857 897 3.64
Bioenergy and Waste 134 228 344 619 728 9.32
Electricity 946 1 286 1 615 1 781 1 890 3.71
Heat 139 190 184 189 240 2.92

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Electricity production (GWh) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 290 126 389 344 499 356 552 572 582 126 3.73
Coal, Lignate and Peat 111 395 148 791 219 276 236 586 245 003 4.24
Oil 34 581 25 992 18 935 12 518 9 417 -6.62
Natural gas 29 461 62 154 103 184 122 856 147 379 8.84
Bioenergy and Waste 93 294 1 107 3 150 9 763 27.75
Hydro 5 610 5 189 6 472 5 796 6 247 0.57
Nuclear 108 964 146 779 148 596 164 762 145 910 1.55
Wind 17 130 817 1 342 2 681 30.52
Solar 5 15 772 3 975 13 019 51.28
Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 197 1 091 2 233
Tidal 0 0 0 496 474

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Nuclear/total electricity (%) 40.90 40.25 31.31 31.20 29.01

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2020
HANBIT-1 PWR 995 Operational KHNP WH 6/4/1981 1/31/1986 3/5/1986 8/25/1986 99.9
HANBIT-2 PWR 988 Operational KHNP WH 12/1/1981 10/15/1986 11/11/1986 6/10/1987 76.1
HANBIT-3 PWR 986 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 12/23/1989 10/13/1994 10/30/1994 3/31/1995 9.0
HANBIT-4 PWR 970 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 5/26/1990 7/7/1995 7/18/1995 1/1/1996 0.0
HANBIT-5 PWR 992 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 6/29/1997 11/24/2001 12/19/2001 5/21/2002 30.8
HANBIT-6 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 11/20/1997 9/1/2002 9/16/2002 12/24/2002 100.0
HANUL-1 PWR 966 Operational KHNP FRAM 1/26/1983 2/25/1988 4/7/1988 9/10/1988 78.4
HANUL-2 PWR 967 Operational KHNP FRAM 7/5/1983 2/25/1989 4/14/1989 9/30/1989 88.8
HANUL-3 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 7/21/1993 12/21/1997 1/6/1998 8/11/1998 100.0
HANUL-4 PWR 999 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 11/1/1993 12/14/1998 12/28/1998 12/31/1999 85.5
HANUL-5 PWR 998 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 10/1/1999 11/28/2003 12/18/2003 7/29/2004 100.0
HANUL-6 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 9/29/2000 12/16/2004 1/7/2005 4/22/2005 74.8
KORI-2 PWR 640 Operational KHNP WH 12/23/1977 4/9/1983 4/22/1983 7/25/1983 37.1
KORI-3 PWR 1011 Operational KHNP WH 10/1/1979 1/1/1985 1/22/1985 9/30/1985 87.9
KORI-4 PWR 1012 Operational KHNP WH 4/1/1980 10/26/1985 12/31/1985 4/29/1986 91.4
SHIN-KORI-1 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 6/16/2006 7/15/2010 8/4/2010 2/28/2011 99.9
SHIN-KORI-2 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 6/5/2007 12/27/2011 1/28/2012 7/20/2012 100.0
SHIN-KORI-3 PWR 1416 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 10/16/2008 12/29/2015 1/15/2016 12/20/2016 68.8
SHIN-KORI-4 PWR 1418 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 8/19/2009 4/8/2019 4/22/2019 8/29/2019 76.8
SHIN-WOLSONG-1 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 11/20/2007 1/6/2012 1/27/2012 7/31/2012 100.0
SHIN-WOLSONG-2 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 9/23/2008 2/8/2015 2/26/2015 7/24/2015 99.9
WOLSONG-2 PHWR 596 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 9/25/1992 1/29/1997 4/1/1997 7/1/1997 76.6
WOLSONG-3 PHWR 627 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 3/17/1994 2/19/1998 3/25/1998 7/1/1998 68.3
WOLSONG-4 PHWR 600 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 7/22/1994 4/10/1999 5/21/1999 10/1/1999 78.1
SHIN-HANUL-1 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 7/10/2012
SHIN-HANUL-2 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 6/19/2013
SHIN-KORI-5 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 4/1/2017
SHIN-KORI-6 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 9/20/2018
KORI-1 PWR 576 Permanent Shutdown KHNP WH 8/1/1972 6/19/1977 6/26/1977 4/29/1978 6/18/2017
WOLSONG-1 PHWR 661 Permanent Shutdown KHNP AECL 10/30/1977 11/21/1982 12/31/1982 4/22/1983 12/24/2019
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Reactor unit Shutdown date Shutdown reason Decom. strategy Decom. phase Management phase Decom. licensee
Kori-1 18 Jun. 2017 Termination of continued operation Dismantling Planning Wet storage on-site KHNP
Wolsong-1 24 Dec. 2019 Economic Dismantling Planning Wet & dry storage on-site KHNP

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/project name Type Capacity (MW) Construction start year Expected commercial year
Shin Hanul-1 PWR 1400 2012 2021
Shin Hanul-2 PWR 1400 2013 2022
Shin Kori-5 PWR 1400 2017 2024
Shin Kori-6 PWR 1400 2018 2025