Published 2002 | Version v1
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Operational performance of Wolsong CANDU nuclear power plants

Creators

  • 1. KHNP, Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant Site (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. KHNP, Wolsong NPP Plant no.2 (Units 3 and 4) (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. AECL, Wolsong Site and Services, Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)

Description

Operational performance of the four PHWR-CANDU 6 reactor units, located at Wolsong Site in the Republic of Korea, has been consistently high over a number of years with each unit successfully achieving gross capacity factors of well over 84 %. Recently, Wolsong Unit 1 achieved three consecutive cycles of trouble free operation. Duration of each cycle, called OCTF (One Cycle Trouble Free), was more than 330 days with the third cycle setting a record of 455 days. This paper presents the operation and maintenance factors, and their management, underlying the achievement of OCTF operation with high capacity factors. (author)

Part of:
40 years of nuclear energy in Canada

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
0-919784-69-0
Imprint Title
40 years of nuclear energy in Canada
Imprint Pagination
96 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[22 p.]

Conference

Title
23. CNS annual conference; 27. annual CNS/CNA student conference
Dates
2-5 Jun 2002
Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
34076297
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR OPERATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WOLSUNG-1 REACTOR
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OPERATION; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
1 tab., 3 figs.