South Korea’s state-run energy company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has chosen Yeongdeok County in the east of the country as a potential site for two new large-scale nuclear reactors.
According to media reports quoting KHNP, the company has also chosen Gijang County in the southeast as the candidate site for South Korea’s first small modular reactor (SMR).
The two 1,400-MW reactors in Yeongdeok County are scheduled for completion in 2037 and 2038. They are likely to used South Korea’s indigenous Generation III+ APR1400 pressurised water reactor (PWR) technology.
The APR1400 was designed by KHNP and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco). KHNP is Kepco’s wholly-owned subsidiary which owns and operates South Korea’s commercial nuclear plants.
The planned i-SMR plant in Gijang County is targeted for completion in 2035.
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