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🇰🇷 Wolsong

Name: Wolsong
Address: South Korea

Nuclear power plant · South Korea

Operational

Capacity≈2,615 MW

Units6

First Online1983

Construction Start1977

Reactor TypePHWR

Coordinates35.710, 129.476

Wolsong is a nuclear power station in South Korea. Of its 6 recorded unit(s), 3 reactors are operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 2,615 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1983. Reactor technology on site: PHWR.

Reactor units at Wolsong

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Wolsong-1	Shut Down	PHWR CANDU 6	629 MW	Construction 1977 · Grid 1983 · Shutdown 2019
Wolsong-2	Operational	PHWR CANDU 6	652 MW	Construction 1992 · Grid 1997
Wolsong-3	Operational	PHWR CANDU 6	665 MW	Construction 1994 · Grid 1998
Wolsong-4	Operational	PHWR CANDU 6	669 MW	Construction 1994 · Grid 1999
Wolsong-5	Planned	PHWR	—	—
Wolsong-6	Planned	PHWR	—	—

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