Wolsong 1 retubed

摘要

The Wolsong 1 CANDU 6 nuclear power plant first came on line in 1983. Owned and operated by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), the reactor has achieved a lifetime capacity factor of 86.2%, making it one of the top- performing reactors in Korea. Wolsong 1 is the first of a four-unit CANDU plant, the largest CANDU facility outside of Canada. In June 2006, KHNP signed a contract with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) to initiate a retube project for the Wolsong 1 reactor. The commercial operations of AECL have recently been purchased by a wholly- owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc, which operates as Candu Energy Inc.