KEPCO E&C's APR1400 Nuclear Power Plant PR video.
APR1400 is a next-generation type nuclear power plant developed by improving OPR1000, which is the Korea’s major power plant model. It was developed through the government-led G-7 Project from December 1992 to December 2001. KEPCO E&C was in charge of technology development in A/E and NSSSD.
APR1400 was first applied in building Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 & 4 in August 2006, and afterwards, total of 6 plants - Shin-Hanul Units 1 & 2, Shin-Kori Units 5 & 6, and Shin-Hanul Units 3 & 4 - are being constructed. In particular, in 2009, it is applied to UAE BNPP Units 1-4, the first export model of Korean nuclear power plant, and is currently being constructed.
Meanwhile, with the successful exportation of APR1400 to UAE, to strengthen international status and competitiveness even more, KEPCO E&C, KEPCO, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) signed a joint agreement, and are trying to obtain Design Certification (DC) from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the U.S.A. Design Certification (DC) is a system to obtain certification for safety in advance from the regulatory agency regarding the standard design of certain reactor types. In March 2015, it has passed the preliminary review of the Design Certification(DC) from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and is now being reviewed. After the review is finished and safety evaluation procedure is completed by September 2018, public hearing and deliberation process will be followed, and we are expecting to obtain Design Certification (DC) in May 2019. After the APR1400 Design Certification (DC) is completed, the exportation competitiveness in the foreign market including the U.S.A. will be enhanced and the exportation of the follow-up nuclear plant to the UAE nuclear power plants will become more active.