Unit 1 of the Shin-Hanul nuclear power station in South Korea has been connected to the grid and is set to become the 25th commercial nuclear power plant in operation in the east Asian nation.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said the unit – the first of two South Korea-designed 1,340-MW APR-1400 reactors at the site, 330km from Seoul in the southeast of the country – supplied power to the grid for the first time on the morning of the 9 June.
KHNP said it expects Shin-Hanul-1 to generate about 700,000 kWh of electricity per hour during a test period before full commercial operation. This is expected to contribute to electricity supply during summer, it said.
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