Hanul Unit 4 resumes generation, reaches full output

Hanul Unit 4, a pressurized water reactor with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts located in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, has resumed power generation and reached normal operating output.

According to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's Hanul Nuclear Power Headquarters, Hanul Unit 4 resumed generation at 12:13 a.m. Thursday and reached 100 percent output at 11:22 a.m. that day.

The reactor had automatically shut down on Aug. 19 due to high pressure in the pressurizer. Over the following 49 days, crews completed replacement of the generator circuit breaker equipment and conducted integrity testing.

"We plan to continue doing our utmost to operate the nuclear power plant safely," a Hanul Nuclear Power Headquarters official said, adding that the facility would "consistently and transparently disclose relevant nuclear power plant information."