Korea, Republic of

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
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