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Control rod malfunction causes shutdown of Korean nuclear reactor

Nuclear reactor shut down in S. Korea after rod malfunction RT.com 9 June 14, The world’s fifth-ranked in nuclear power generation shut down a reactor due to a control rod malfunction. This brings the number of offline reactors in South Korea to five.”We are looking into the exact cause of the shutdown,” the state-run nuclear utility Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co Ltd (KHNP) said.

The spokesman said it was not known when the 950-megawatt Reactor No.1 at the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant, the Gyeongsangbuk-do province on the country’s eastern coast, would be restarted. The plant’s other five reactors remain operational so far.

The number of South Korean reactors offline now stands at five out of a total 23, which cover around one-third of the country’s electricity needs……….

Following Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe in March 2011, and the country’s nuclear energy safety scandal over equipment supplied with forged documents, South Korea planned to decrease its reliance on nuclear power to 29 percent of total supply by 2035, down from an original plan of 41 percent by 2030.

The country’s nuclear watchdog also wants to expand its probe of reactor parts certified or made by foreign companies since 2008 to pin down other possible fake safety certificates. http://rt.com/news/164812-korea-nuclear-shutdown-energy/

June 11, 2014 - Posted by | general

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