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Monday, January 29, 2018
TABLE-Status of South Korea's nuclear reactors
TABLE-Status of South Korea's nuclear reactors: South Korea's nuclear watchdogsaid on Monday it approved the restart of the Hanbit No.6nuclear reactor after planned maintenance, bringing down thenumber of offline reactors to 10. Currently, South Korea operates 24 nuclear reactors. Nuclearpower supplies about a third of the country's electricity. Details are as follows: Reactors marked * are currently offline. NAME CAPACITY OFFLINE STATUS (megawatts) Kori No.1* 587 Permanent closure Kori No.2 650 Kori No.3* 950 Maintenance Kori No.4* 950 Water level rise Shin Kori No.1* 1,000 Maintenance Shin Kori No.2 1,000 Shin Kori No.3* 1,400 Maintenance Note: The above reactors are all located near the city ofBusan, over 300 kms (190 miles) southeast of Seoul. NAME CAPACITY OFFLINE STATUS (megawatts) Hanbit No.1 950 Hanbit No.2 950 Hanbit No.3 1,000 Hanbit No.4* 1,000 Maintenance Hanbit No.5 1,000 Hanbit No.6 1,000
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