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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 98 2798 — 2.085 80.1

TABLE 2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Final Energy consumption [PJ] 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2020 (%)
Total 5 626 6 291 7 179 8 096 8 341 1.99
Coal, Lignate and Peat 614 591 756 876 732 0.88
Oil 3 339 3 329 3 422 3 774 3 841 0.70
Natural gas 455 668 857 857 879 3.35
Bioenergy and Waste 134 228 344 619 794 9.31
Electricity 946 1 286 1 615 1 781 1 842 3.39
Heat 139 190 184 189 253 3.02

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Electricity production (GWh) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2020 (%)
Total 290 126 389 344 499 356 552 572 570 142 3.44
Coal, Lignate and Peat 111 395 148 791 219 276 236 586 214 119 3.32
Oil 34 581 25 992 18 935 12 518 7 298 -7.48
Natural gas 29 461 62 154 103 184 122 856 146 678 8.36
Bioenergy and Waste 93 294 1 107 3 150 9 711 26.16
Hydro 5 610 5 189 6 472 5 796 7 151 1.22
Nuclear 108 964 146 779 148 596 164 762 160 184 1.95
Wind 17 130 817 1 342 3 152 29.84
Solar 5 15 772 3 975 17 967 50.58
Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Other 0 0 197 1 091 3 425 0.00

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Final Energy consumption [PJ] 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2021*
Nulcear/total electricity(%) 40.7 44.7 32.2 31.7 29.6 28

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2021

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
2021
HANBIT-1 PWR 995 Operational KHNP WH 04/06/1981 31/01/1986 05/03/1986 25/08/1986 72.8
HANBIT-2 PWR 988 Operational KHNP WH 01/12/1981 15/10/1986 11/11/1986 10/06/1987 98.7
HANBIT-3 PWR 986 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 23/12/1989 13/10/1994 30/10/1994 31/03/1995 99.9
HANBIT-4 PWR 970 Operational KHNP DHICKAEC 26/05/1990 07/07/1995 18/07/1995 01/01/1996 0.0
HANBIT-5 PWR 992 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 29/06/1997 24/11/2001 19/12/2001 21/05/2002 18.6
HANBIT-6 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 20/11/1997 01/09/2002 16/09/2002 24/12/2002 62.4
HANUL-1 PWR 966 Operational KHNP FRAM 26/01/1983 25/02/1988 07/04/1988 10/09/1988 100.0
HANUL-2 PWR 967 Operational KHNP FRAM 05/07/1983 25/02/1989 14/04/1989 30/09/1989 79.4
HANUL-3 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 21/07/1993 21/12/1997 06/01/1998 11/08/1998 66.4
HANUL-4 PWR 999 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 01/11/1993 14/12/1998 28/12/1998 31/12/1999 70.7
HANUL-5 PWR 998 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 01/10/1999 28/11/2003 18/12/2003 29/07/2004 84.8
HANUL-6 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 29/09/2000 16/12/2004 07/01/2005 22/04/2005 99.9
KORI-2 PWR 640 Operational KHNP WH 23/12/1977 09/04/1983 22/04/1983 25/07/1983 97.8
KORI-3 PWR 1011 Operational KHNP WH 01/10/1979 01/01/1985 22/01/1985 30/09/1985 63.2
KORI-4 PWR 1012 Operational KHNP WH 01/04/1980 26/10/1985 31/12/1985 29/04/1986 64.0
SHIN-HANUL-1 PWR 1340 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 10/07/2012 22/05/2022 09/06/2022 0.0
SHIN-KORI-1 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 16/06/2006 15/07/2010 04/08/2010 28/02/2011 78.3
SHIN-KORI-2 PWR 996 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 05/06/2007 27/12/2011 28/01/2012 20/07/2012 84.3
SHIN-KORI-3 PWR 1416 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 16/10/2008 29/12/2015 15/01/2016 20/12/2016 75.9
SHIN-KORI-4 PWR 1418 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 19/08/2009 08/04/2019 22/04/2019 29/08/2019 75.0
SHIN-WOLSONG-1 PWR 997 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 20/11/2007 06/01/2012 27/01/2012 31/07/2012 76.9
SHIN-WOLSONG-2 PWR 993 Operational KHNP DHICKOPC 23/09/2008 08/02/2015 26/02/2015 24/07/2015 87.6
WOLSONG-2 PHWR 582 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 25/09/1992 29/01/1997 01/04/1997 01/07/1997 94.1
WOLSONG-3 PHWR 607 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 17/03/1994 19/02/1998 25/03/1998 01/07/1998 87.4
WOLSONG-4 PHWR 575 Operational KHNP AECL/DHI 22/07/1994 10/04/1999 21/05/1999 01/10/1999 84.1
SHIN-HANUL-2 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 19/06/2013
SHIN-KORI-5 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 01/04/2017
SHIN-KORI-6 PWR 1340 Under Construction KHNP DHICKOPC 20/09/2018
KORI-1 PWR 576 Permanent Shutdown KHNP WH 01/08/1972 19/06/1977 26/06/1977 29/04/1978 18/06/2017
WOLSONG-1 PHWR 661 Permanent Shutdown KHNP AECL 30/10/1977 21/11/1982 31/12/1982 22/04/1983 24/12/2019
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 Immediate Transition Wet storage on-site KHNP
Wolsong-1 24 Dec. 2019 Economic Immediate Transition 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 2022
Shin Hanul-2 PWR 1400 2013 2023
Shin Kori-5 PWR 1400 2017 2024
Shin Kori-6 PWR 1400 2018 2025