Korean nukes crank out power

Korea s atomic energy output surpassed the 2-trillion kilowatt hour mark for the first time ever, a state-run nuclear power company said yesterday.
The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company said the record output is a first for the country that first started nuclear generation in June 1977. The kWh unit is the amount of energy delivered by power companies in a one hour period and is commonly used to measure electric energy worldwide. KHNP said that at its peak output earlier in the day, nuclear power provided 38.2 percent of all electricity needs in the country.
As of late 2006, Korea ranked sixth in terms of nuclear power output after the United States, France, Japan, Russia and Germany. It has 20 commercial reactors in four nuclear power plants and plans to build more units in the coming years to meet growing energy needs. Yonhap