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Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant

{{short description|Nuclear power plant in South Korea}}

{{Infobox power station

| name = Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant

| name_official = 한빛원자력발전소
한빛原子力發電所

| image = Yonggwang (now Hanbit) 04790184 (8505820561).jpg

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| image_caption = Hanbit (formerly Yonggwang) Nuclear Power Plant

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|24|54|N|126|25|26|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| country = South Korea

| location = Jeollanam-do

| status = Operational

| construction_began =

| commissioned = 1986

| decommissioned =

| cost =

| owner =

| operator = Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

| ps_units_operational = 1 × 947 MW
1 × 953 MW
1 × 988 MW
1 × 994 MW
1 × 996 MW
1 × 997 MW

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| ps_units_planned =

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| np_reactor_type = PWR

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| ps_units_manu_model =

| ps_electrical_capacity = 5,875 MW

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| website = {{URL|http://yk.khnp.co.kr/}}

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The Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant is a large nuclear power station in the Jeollanam-do province of South Korea. The facility runs at an installed capacity of {{nowrap|5,875 MW}}. The power station is currently ranked as the fifth largest nuclear power station in the world.

The plant's name was changed from Yeonggwang NPP to Hanbit in 2013 at the request of local fishermen.{{cite web |url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-Korean_nuclear_plants_renamed-2105134.html |title= Korean nuclear plants renamed |date= 21 May 2013 |work= World Nuclear News |publisher= World Nuclear Association (WNA) |access-date= 23 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130612205444/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-Korean_nuclear_plants_renamed-2105134.html |archive-date= 12 June 2013 |url-status= live }}

All the units at Hanbit are of the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) reactor type. Unit-1 and Unit-2 are 3-loop Westinghouse-designed plants; major components were sourced from foreign firms while auxiliary components and site construction were handled domestically. Unit-3 and Unit-4 are 2-loop Combustion Engineering (C-E) System 80 plants with major components and construction handled domestically under a technology transfer agreement. Unit-5 and Unit-6 are based on the Ulchin (now Hanul) Unit-3 OPR-1000 Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant design.[http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.powrea.htm?country=KR&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic Nuclear power stations in South Korea] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202041856/http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.powrea.htm?country=KR&sort=&sortlong=Alphabetic |date=2009-02-02 }} IAEA.{{cite web

| url= http://www.nti.org/facilities/4/

| title= Yonggwang Nuclear Power Complex (영광 원자력발전소)

| publisher= Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107175425/http://www.nti.org/facilities/4/

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= dead

}}

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! Unit !! Type !! Net Capacity !! Construction start !! Operation start !! Notes

Hanbit-1WH F95904 Jun 198125 Aug 1986

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=411

| title= Hanbit-1

| work= Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)

| publisher= International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107180104/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=411

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Hanbit-2WH F95810 Dec 198110 Jun 1987

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=412

| title= Hanbit-2

| work= PRIS

| publisher= IAEA

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107180504/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=412

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Hanbit-3OPR-100099823 Dec 198931 Mar 1995

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=396

| title= Hanbit-3

| work= PRIS

| publisher= IAEA

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107180228/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=396

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Hanbit-4OPR-100099726 May 199001 Jan 1996

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=397

| title= Hanbit-4

| work= PRIS

| publisher= IAEA

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107175746/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=397

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Hanbit-5OPR-100099329 Jun 199721 May 2002

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=402

| title= Hanbit-5

| work= PRIS

| publisher= IAEA

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107180231/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=402

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Hanbit-6OPR-100099320 Nov 199724 Dec 2002

| {{cite web

| url= http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=403

| title= Hanbit-6

| work= PRIS

| publisher= IAEA

| date= 7 Jan 2014

| access-date= 7 Jan 2014

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140107175743/http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=403

| archive-date= 7 January 2014

| url-status= live

}}

Incidents

In November 2012, security checkups prompted by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster revealed that from 2003, eight suppliers had forged quality certificates for a delivered 7,682 items to the plant. Of the plant's six reactors, two were affected by more than 5,000 of those parts and were consequently shut down, for an expected eight weeks. According to the Yonhap news agency, the incident was likely to seriously undermine the confidence in South Korean nuclear reactors and could thus impede the country's export of nuclear power plants. Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo responded that the "government plans to further increase its efforts to export nuclear reactors. In this regard, the government will quickly provide all necessary and accurate facts to prospective foreign buyers to make sure there is not a single shred of doubt left over the safety of the country's nuclear reactors".{{cite news |url= http://www.ibtimes.com/south-korea-shuts-down-nuclear-reactors-due-unqualified-parts-warns-power-shortages-859106 |title= South Korea Shuts Down Nuclear Reactors Due To Unqualified Parts, Warns Of Power Shortages |website= ibtimes.com |first= Amrutha |last= Gayathri |date= 2012-11-05 |access-date= 2017-02-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170217062853/http://www.ibtimes.com/south-korea-shuts-down-nuclear-reactors-due-unqualified-parts-warns-power-shortages-859106 |archive-date= 2017-02-17 |url-status= live }}

A serious transient incident{{Cite web|url=https://www-news.iaea.org/ErfView.aspx?mId=3502d154-f400-4e91-98f1-1b0856326f17|title = NEWS}} occurred in Hanbit 1 on May 10, 2019 during a low power test. Under the circumstances power was not allowed to exceed 5 percent of full power, but due to mis-calculation and careless withdrawal of control rods, and also one rod in stuck position, the power went up to 18 per cent. The incident was classified as INES level 2.

See also

{{stack|{{Portal|South Korea|Energy|Nuclear technology}}}}

References

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