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TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2000 to 2014 | |
Capacity of electrical plants (GW) | |||||||
- Thermal | 7.65 | 11.07 | 31.59 | 40.50 | 51.07 | 61.55 | 4.88 |
- Hydro | 1.16 | 2.34 | 3.15 | 3.88 | 5.52 | 6.46 | 6.26 |
- Nuclear | 0.59 | 7.62 | 13.72 | 17.71 | 17.71 | 20.71 | 2.98 |
- Geothermal | - | - | - | - | - | ||
- other renewables | - | - | - | 0.16 | 1.76 | 4.47 | - |
- Total | 9.39 | 21.02 | 48.45 | 62.26 | 76.07 | 93.21 | 4.78 |
Electricity production (TWh) | |||||||
- Thermal | 31.7 | 48.42 | 151.83 | 209.51 | 314.27 | 343.05 | 6.00 |
- Hydro | 1.98 | 6.36 | 5.61 | 5.19 | 6.74 | 7.81 | 2.39 |
- Nuclear | 3.48 | 52.89 | 108.96 | 146.78 | 148.59 | 156.40 | 2.62 |
- Geothermal | - | - | - | - | - | ||
- other renewables | - | - | 3.87 | 5.32 | 14.65 | ||
- Total (1) | 37.24 | 107.67 | 266.40 | 364.64 | 474.92 | 521.91 | 4.92 |
Total Electricity consumption (TWh) | 32.73 | 94.38 | 239.54 | 332.41 | 434.16 | 477.59 | 5.05 |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2014 | |
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) | 25.24 | 48.15 | 90.85 | 170.82 | 198.87 | 208.92 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) | 240 | 859 | 2 206 | 5 067 | 6 883 | 9 472 |
Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 7.68 | 27.36 | 99.11 | 175.47 | 179.21 | 232.29 |
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | 0.00 | 9.34 | 49.12 | 40.90 | 40.25 | 30.0 |
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1) | 47.56 | 73.37 | 87.95 | 97.15 | 96.66 | 95.2 |
TABLE 3: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2016
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 2016 |
HANBIT-1 | PWR | 996 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1981-06-04 | 1986-01-31 | 1986-03-05 | 1986-08-25 | 74.1 | |
HANBIT-2 | PWR | 988 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1981-12-01 | 1986-10-15 | 1986-11-11 | 1987-06-10 | 33.8 | |
HANBIT-3 | PWR | 986 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKAEC | 1989-12-23 | 1994-10-13 | 1994-10-30 | 1995-03-31 | 80.1 | |
HANBIT-4 | PWR | 970 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKAEC | 1990-05-26 | 1995-07-07 | 1995-07-18 | 1996-01-01 | 100.0 | |
HANBIT-5 | PWR | 994 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 1997-06-29 | 2001-11-24 | 2001-12-19 | 2002-05-21 | 100.0 | |
HANBIT-6 | PWR | 993 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 1997-11-20 | 2002-09-01 | 2002-09-16 | 2002-12-24 | 86.9 | |
HANUL-1 | PWR | 968 | Operational | KHNP | FRAM | 1983-01-26 | 1988-02-25 | 1988-04-07 | 1988-09-10 | 81.3 | |
HANUL-2 | PWR | 969 | Operational | KHNP | FRAM | 1983-07-05 | 1989-02-25 | 1989-04-14 | 1989-09-30 | 86.8 | |
HANUL-3 | PWR | 997 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 1993-07-21 | 1997-12-21 | 1998-01-06 | 1998-08-11 | 52.7 | |
HANUL-4 | PWR | 999 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 1993-11-01 | 1998-12-14 | 1998-12-28 | 1999-12-31 | 60.1 | |
HANUL-5 | PWR | 998 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 1999-10-01 | 2003-11-28 | 2003-12-18 | 2004-07-29 | 78.7 | |
HANUL-6 | PWR | 997 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2000-09-29 | 2004-12-16 | 2005-01-07 | 2005-04-22 | 100.0 | |
KORI-1 | PWR | 576 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1972-08-01 | 1977-06-19 | 1977-06-26 | 1978-04-29 | 89.4 | |
KORI-2 | PWR | 640 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1977-12-23 | 1983-04-09 | 1983-04-22 | 1983-07-25 | 67.2 | |
KORI-3 | PWR | 1011 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1979-10-01 | 1985-01-01 | 1985-01-22 | 1985-09-30 | 100.0 | |
KORI-4 | PWR | 1012 | Operational | KHNP | WH | 1980-04-01 | 1985-10-26 | 1985-12-31 | 1986-04-29 | 87.9 | |
SHIN-KORI-1 | PWR | 997 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2006-06-16 | 2010-07-15 | 2010-08-04 | 2011-02-28 | 100.0 | |
SHIN-KORI-2 | PWR | 997 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2007-06-05 | 2011-12-27 | 2012-01-28 | 2012-07-20 | 75.9 | |
SHIN-KORI-3 | PWR | 1416 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2008-10-16 | 2015-12-29 | 2016-01-15 | 2016-12-20 | 0.0 | |
SHIN-WOLSONG-1 | PWR | 997 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2007-11-20 | 2012-01-06 | 2012-01-27 | 2012-07-31 | 84.8 | |
SHIN-WOLSONG-2 | PWR | 993 | Operational | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2008-09-23 | 2015-02-08 | 2015-02-26 | 2015-07-24 | 82.8 | |
WOLSONG-1 | PHWR | 661 | Operational | KHNP | AECL | 1977-10-30 | 1982-11-21 | 1982-12-31 | 1983-04-22 | 77.4 | |
WOLSONG-2 | PHWR | 632 | Operational | KHNP | AECL/DHI | 1992-09-25 | 1997-01-29 | 1997-04-01 | 1997-07-01 | 97.4 | |
WOLSONG-3 | PHWR | 648 | Operational | KHNP | AECL/DHI | 1994-03-17 | 1998-02-19 | 1998-03-25 | 1998-07-01 | 93.8 | |
WOLSONG-4 | PHWR | 635 | Operational | KHNP | AECL/DHI | 1994-07-22 | 1999-04-10 | 1999-05-21 | 1999-10-01 | 89.8 | |
SHIN-HANUL-1 | PWR | 1340 | Under Construction | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2012-07-10 | |||||
SHIN-HANUL-2 | PWR | 1340 | Under Construction | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2013-06-19 | |||||
SHIN-KORI-4 | PWR | 1340 | Under Construction | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2009-08-19 | |||||
SHIN-KORI-5 | PWR | 1340 | Under Construction | KHNP | DHICKOPC | 2017-04-01 |
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
Note: Table 7 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. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Station/Project Name | Type | Capacity | Expected Construction Start Year | Expected Commercial Year |
SHIN KORI-5 | PWR | 1400 | 2016 | 2021 |
SHIN KORI-6 | PWR | 1400 | 2016 | 2022 |
SHIN HANUL-3 | PWR | 1400 | 2017 | 2022 |
SHIN HANUL-4 | PWR | 1400 | 2017 | 2023 |
CHEONJI-1 | PWR | 1500 | 2021 | 2026 |
CHEONJI-2 | PWR | 1500 | 2021 | 2027 |
DAEJIN-1 or CHEONJI-3* | PWR | 1500 | - | 2028 |
DAEJIN-2 or CHEONJI-4* | PWR | 1500 | - | 2029 |
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Estimated available energy sources | ||||||
Fossil Fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
Solid | Liquid | Gas | Uranium | Hydro | Other Renewables |
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Total amount in specific units* | 1 350 | - | 70 | - | 0.00629 | 0.00198 |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2000 to 2014 | |
Energy consumption* (EJ) | |||||||
- Total | 1.84 | 3.90 | 8.08 | 9.57 | 11.04 | 11.85 | 2.77 |
- Solids*** | 0.55 | 1.02 | 1.80 | 2.29 | 3.23 | 3.54 | 4.97 |
- Liquids | 1.12 | 2.10 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.37 | 4.39 | 0.33 |
- Gases | - | 0.13 | 0.79 | 1.27 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 6.84 |
- Nuclear | 0.04 | 0.55 | 1.14 | 1.54 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 1.38 |
- Hydro | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 1.17 |
- Other Renewables | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 12.41 |
Energy production(EJ) | |||||||
- Total | 0.52 | 0.98 | 1.37 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 1.96 | 2.59 |
- Solids** | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | -5.99 |
- Liquids | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- Gases | - | - | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
- Nuclear | 0.04 | 0.55 | 1.14 | 1.54 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 1.38 |
- Hydro | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 1.17 |
- Other Renewables | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 12.41 |
Net import(Import - Export) (EJ) | |||||||
- Total | 1.38 | 3.02 | 7.13 | 7.97 | 9.69 | 10.35 | 2.70 |