Saeul nuclear power plant

Saeul nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Saeul nuclear power plant is the 3rd largest of 8 operating nuclear sites in South Korea, holding 11% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 42nd of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 2016 and 2019; the median unit is 8.5 years old, younger than the median of 27.0 in South Korea.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.2 to 9.7 years (median 8.5) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2010s is 5.9 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Shin-Kori nuclear power plant (0 km), Kori nuclear power plant (1 km) and Wolsong nuclear power plant (45 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +5.7% and Unit 2 +5.8%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.