The 1,400-megawatt Shin-Hanul Unit 2 reactor, which began construction in 2010, was granted final approval for operation from the Nuclear Safety And Security Commission on Thursday.
The Shin-Hanul nuclear reactors Unit 1, left, and Unit 2 in Uljin, North Gyeongsang. The 1,400-megawatt Shin-Hanul Unit 2 reactor, which began construction in 2010, was granted final approval for operation from the Nuclear Safety And Security Commission on Thursday, only about a month after the regulator began the assessment. The Shin-Hanul Unit 2 reactor will go through a six-month trial run before commercial operation. The Shin-Hanul Unit 1 was granted approval from the nuclear regulator in 2021 and began operating in December last year. [KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER]
![The Shin-Hanul nuclear reactors Unit 1, left, and Unit 2 in Uljin, North Gyeongsang. The 1,400-megawatt Shin-Hanul Unit 2 reactor, which began construction in 2010, was granted final approval for operation from the Nuclear Safety And Security Commission on Thursday, only about a month after the regulator began the assessment. The Shin-Hanul Unit 2 reactor will go through a six-month trial run before commercial operation. The Shin-Hanul Unit 1 was granted approval from the nuclear regulator in 2021 and began operating in December last year. [KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER]](https://img4.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202309/07/koreajoongangdaily/20230907191555061jmrl.jpg)