South Korea’s fleet of 24 commercial nuclear reactors generated 139 TWh of electricity in 2019, making the Asian nation the fifth-largest nuclear power producer in the world and accounting for 26% of the country’s total electricity generation, the US Energy Information Administration said.
The generation share was up from 23.7% in 2018 when the sector felt the impact of the permanent shutdown in 2017 of the country’s first commercial reactor, the 576-MW Kori-1.
South Korea is home to nearly 52 million people and with 24 operating nuclear reactor units, has the highest density of nuclear reactors in the world, defined as the number of reactors per square mile.
The generation share was up from 23.7% in 2018 when the sector felt the impact of the permanent shutdown in 2017 of the country’s first commercial reactor, the 576-MW Kori-1.
South Korea is home to nearly 52 million people and with 24 operating nuclear reactor units, has the highest density of nuclear reactors in the world, defined as the number of reactors per square mile.
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