Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant

Active reactors ( gross ):

The South Korean nuclear power plant Wolseong (also called nuclear power plant Wolsong ) consists of four blocks. The location is in the province of Gyeongsangbuk -do. Owned and operated by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation. It is also near the nuclear power plant Sinwolseong is built.

The units 1-4 are CANDU reactors ( type 6) and were of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited ( AECL ) delivered.

Wolseong 1 carries out about 679 MW. The plant was December 13, 1982 and went critical on April 15, 1983 to the public network. The second block Wolseong 2 has 700 MW. The construction was begun in 1991, the reactor was critical on 1 April 1997 and went June 15, 1997 to the public network. Wolseong 3 was on 20 February 1998 and went critical on 15 June 1998 to the network. This is a 650 MW reactor. Wolseong 4 was born on April 10, 1999 and went critical on 1 October 1999 to the network. Again, there is a 650 MW reactor.

Accidents

On October 20, 1994 ran after breaking a valve for two hours heavy water from the reactor Wolseong 1 from. It was the same spot where in December 1994 the valve in Pickering nuclear power plant broke. The incident was rated 2 on the INES scale.
On October 4, 1999 22 workers were contaminated when 45 liters of heavy water from the reactor Wolseong expired 3.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant has a total of four blocks Wolseong:

Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Kori Nuclear Power Plant Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant Hanul Nuclear Power Plant

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