Korean slang profile
원전
wonjeon
Nuclear power plant
A shortened term for 원자력 발전소, meaning a nuclear power plant.
- Expanded form
- 원자력 발전소원자력 발전소 (nuclear power plant)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
원전 주변의 안전 점검 결과를 확인했다.
I checked the safety inspection results around the 원전.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “원전”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “원자력 발전소 (nuclear power plant)” and the meaning of “원전” together. This was checked in the body of the 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 260쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026