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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* 1328 0.028 7 0.425 — 0.001 789 0.009 186

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2017 Annual av. growth rate 2000–2017 (%)
Total energy consumption (EJ)* 1.84 3.89 8.09 9.60 11.06 12.01 12.65 2.66
Solids** 0.55 1.01 1.80 2.29 3.23 3.58 3.61 4.18
Liquids 1.12 2.10 4.21 4.28 4.38 4.57 5.00 1.01
Gases — 0.13 0.79 1.27 1.80 1.83 1.99 5.57
Nuclear 0.04 0.55 1.14 1.54 1.34 1.46 1.32 0.88
Hydro 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.36
Other renewables 0.11 0.03 0.09 0.17 0.25 0.54 0.66 12.53
Total energy production (EJ) 0.52 0.98 1.37 1.83 1.71 2.09 2.09 2.54
Solids** 0.36 0.32 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 -5.59
Liquids — — — — — — — —
Gases — — — 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 —
Nuclear 0.04 0.55 1.14 1.54 1.34 1.46 1.32 0.88
Hydro 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.36
Other renewables 0.11 0.03 0.09 0.17 0.25 0.54 0.66 12.53
Net imports (imports - exports) (EJ) 1.38 3.02 7.20 8.00 9.66 10.35 11.26 2.67

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

2000 2005 2010 2015 2017 Annual av. growth rate 2000–2017 (%)
Capacity of electrical plants (GW)
Thermal 31.59 40.50 51.07 69.46 78.70 4.94
Hydro 3.15 3.88 5.52 6.47 6.49 4.86
Nuclear 13.72 17.71 17.71 21.71 22.53 3.06
Geothermal — — — — — —
Other renewables — 0.16 1.76 4.47 9.19 16.51
Total 48.45 62.26 76.07 93.21 116.91 5.34
Electricity production (TW·h)
Thermal 151.83 209.51 314.27 356.95 373.83 5.54
Hydro 5.61 5.19 6.74 5.79 7.00 2.62
Nuclear 108.96 146.78 148.59 164.76 148.43 2.01
Geothermal — — — — — —
Other renewables — 3.87 5.32 18.01 24.28 32.39
Total* 266.40 364.64 474.92 545.52 553.53 4.42

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2010 2015 2017
Electricity consumption (kW·h/capita) 5067 8883 9555 9869
Electricity production/energy production (%) 204.0 249.6 231.1 235.8
Nuclear/total electricity (%) 40.90 31.14 31.20 26.81

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2018

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
2018
HANBIT-1 PWR 995 Operational KHNP WH 1981-06-04 1986-01-31 1986-03-05 1986-08-25 62.7
HANBIT-2 PWR 988 Operational KHNP WH 1981-12-01 1986-10-15 1986-11-11 1987-06-10 53.5
HANBIT-3 PWR 986 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 1989-12-23 1994-10-13 1994-10-30 1995-03-31 35.5
HANBIT-4 PWR 970 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 1990-05-26 1995-07-07 1995-07-18 1996-01-01 0.0
HANBIT-5 PWR 992 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 1997-06-29 2001-11-24 2001-12-19 2002-05-21 83.8
HANBIT-6 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 1997-11-20 2002-09-01 2002-09-16 2002-12-24 91.4
HANUL-1 PWR 966 Operational KHNP FRAM 1983-01-26 1988-02-25 1988-04-07 1988-09-10 65.8
HANUL-2 PWR 967 Operational KHNP FRAM 1983-07-05 1989-02-25 1989-04-14 1989-09-30 59.7
HANUL-3 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 1993-07-21 1997-12-21 1998-01-06 1998-08-11 67.2
HANUL-4 PWR 999 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 1993-11-01 1998-12-14 1998-12-28 1999-12-31 76.7
HANUL-5 PWR 998 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 1999-10-01 2003-11-28 2003-12-18 2004-07-29 80.4
HANUL-6 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2000-09-29 2004-12-16 2005-01-07 2005-04-22 84.4
KORI-2 PWR 640 Operational KHNP WH 1977-12-23 1983-04-09 1983-04-22 1983-07-25 48.1
KORI-3 PWR 1011 Operational KHNP WH 1979-10-01 1985-01-01 1985-01-22 1985-09-30 63.4
KORI-4 PWR 1012 Operational KHNP WH 1980-04-01 1985-10-26 1985-12-31 1986-04-29 71.4
SHIN-KORI-1 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2006-06-16 2010-07-15 2010-08-04 2011-02-28 80.5
SHIN-KORI-2 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2007-06-05 2011-12-27 2012-01-28 2012-07-20 79.2
SHIN-KORI-3 PWR 1416 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2008-10-16 2015-12-29 2016-01-15 2016-12-20 48.6
SHIN-KORI-4 PWR 1340 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2009-08-19 2019-04-08 2019-04-22 2019-08-29 0.0
SHIN-WOLSONG-1 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2007-11-20 2012-01-06 2012-01-27 2012-07-31 80.3
SHIN-WOLSONG-2 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 2008-09-23 2015-02-08 2015-02-26 2015-07-24 76.9
WOLSONG-1 PHWR 661 Operational KHNP AECL 1977-10-30 1982-11-21 1982-12-31 1983-04-22 0.0
WOLSONG-2 PHWR 611 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 1992-09-25 1997-01-29 1997-04-01 1997-07-01 82.0
WOLSONG-3 PHWR 641 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 1994-03-17 1998-02-19 1998-03-25 1998-07-01 73.2
WOLSONG-4 PHWR 622 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 1994-07-22 1999-04-10 1999-05-21 1999-10-01 83.9
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-5 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 2017-04-01
SHIN-KORI-6 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 2018-09-20
KORI-1 PWR 576 Permanent Shutdown KHNP WH 1972-08-01 1977-06-19 1977-06-26 1978-04-29 2017-06-18
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. UNDER CONSTRUCTION NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/project name Type Capacity (MW) Construction start year Expected commercial year
Shin Kori-4 PWR 1400 2009 2019
Shin Hanul-1 PWR 1400 2012 2019
Shin Hanul-2 PWR 1400 2013 2020
Shin Kori-5 PWR 1400 2017 2023
Shin Kori-6 PWR 1400 2017 2024