Installed the nuclear reactor of Sin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
DATE 2008.04.07
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Installed the nuclear reactor of Sin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
On March 31, a ceremony has taken place to install the nuclear reactor of Sin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 at the site of Unit 1 & 2, Jangan-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan, Korea.
The Sin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 which has the weight of 350 tons, the inside diameter of 4.1 meters and the height of 14.5 meters is the first improved standard nuclear power plant completed by home-developed technologies, and it also represents a strategic model for exports to China and Southeast Asia including Vietnam. It boasts of short installation period and outstanding economic feasibility and safety compared to previous standard nuclear power plants. The Sin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 with a production capacity of 1,000 Mw will be completed by Daelim in December 2010 and produce electricity of annual average 8 billion Kwh*.
The construction of Unit 1 & 2 has showed an approximately 43% progress until now, The Unit 2 will be completed in December 2011
* kWh = kilowatt-hour(s).
