Location: Yŏnggwang-kun, South Chŏlla Province, South Korea

Address: 514 Kyemari, Hongnong-ŭp, Yŏnggwang-kun, South Chŏlla Province, 513-882, South Korea
  
Telephone Number: +82-61-357-2114

Subordinate to: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (한국수력원자력주)

Size: 950MW(e) pressurized light water reactor (PWR)

Primary Function: Production of electricity

Description:  Yŏnggwang-2 is South Korea’s eighth nuclear power reactor. Yŏnggwang-2 was constructed under the second phase of South Korea’s nuclear power program called “the component approach” in which foreign firms were contracted for the design and provision of main components while domestic firms were subcontracted for auxiliary components. In addition, to increase self-sufficiency in nuclear power plant construction and technology, the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) expanded its participation by leading the overall construction project with assistance from foreign firms, and allowing Korean firms to manage site construction.

Yŏnggwang-2 is a 950MW(e) 3-loop Westinghouse pressurized light water reactor.  Westinghouse provided the reactor and turbine generator. Korea Heavy Industries and Construction Corporation in cooperation with Westinghouse provided the main components, and Bechtel and the Korea Electric Technology Corporation provided engineering and design services. South Korean firms provided 34.9 percent of the manufactured equipment for the reactor. Construction for Yŏnggwang-2 began in December 1981, and the reactor commenced commercial operation in June 1987.

Key sources: Ministry of Science and Technology, <http://www.most.go.kr>; Ministry of Science and Technology, Wŏnjaryŏk Anjŏnbaeksŏ (Seoul: MOST, 2003); Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP),“ Hansuwŏn Paljŏnsohyŏnghwang,” <http://www.khnp.co.kr/korea_map/korea.html>;  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), “Hŏesa Soge,” <http://www.khnp.co.kr/company/company_c.html>; Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, <http://www.kins.re.kr>; IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS), <http://www.iaea.org/dbpage/>; Shin Hochul, “South Korea Officially Dedicated Two More Nuclear Plants,” Nucleonics Week, 25 June 1987, p. 2, in Lexis-Nexis, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>; Shin Hochul and Ann MacLachlan, “Korean Strive for Self-Reliance in Nuclear Plant Construction,” Nucleonics Week, 19 December 1985, p. 8, in Lexis-Nexis, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>; “Ka’ap Kyŏngsuro,” Nuke.co.kr, <http://nuke.co.kr/energy/generation/interior/PWR.htm>.

	Updated October 2004