Table 4: Main input data by power plant.

Category Nuclear 1,400MW Nuclear 1,500MW Coal 500MW Coal 1,000MW LNG 450MW LNG 900MW
Investment cost
(thousand won/kW)
2,378 2,396 1,616 1,494 1,115 904
fuel cost (won/Gcal) 1,776 1,776 16,987 16,987 76,736 76,736
OM cost (thousand won/kW/month) 11.27 10.91 4.41 3.88 3.8 2.78
heat rate (kcal/kWh) 2,365 2,375 2,036 1,978 1,568 1,540
FOR (%) 5.3 5.3 4.7 4.7 5.8 5.8

Source: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy [38].