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South Koreans becoming more doubtful of nuclear energy

Reactor blackout fans nuclear safety concerns, Korea Herald, By Shin Hyon-hee 2012-03-15  The government came under pressure as a soaring number of Koreans arecasting doubt on atomic energy after plant operators were found to have attempted to conceal power loss at a nuclear reactor in Busan.

Despite no damage or radiation leakage, the accident infuriated the public and anti-nuclear protesters. They raised questions over the public workers’ integrity and whether they are prepared for a longer outage that could result in a disaster like that seen in Japan…..
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120315001261

March 16, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general