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Doubts on future of S Korea’s Wolsong-1 nuclear reactor

Fate of Wolsong-1 nuclear reactor up in the air , Jorea Times, 

By Park Si-soo, 13 Feb 15 

The fate of Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor remains unclear after a nuclear policy setting commission failed to reach an agreement at a second round of talks on Thursday.

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) had marathon talks with experts to decide whether to restart the 33-year-old Wolsong-1 reactor or tear it down.

The nine-member decision-making panel is comprised of two standing NSSC commissioners, three appointed by the government, two by the ruling party and two by the main opposition party……..

Dozens of anti-nuclear activists and people living near the reactor protested at the NSSC in central Seoul on Thursday, chanting slogans in opposition to restarting the reactor.

“I couldn’t sleep well for years due to safety concerns over the old reactor that could malfunction and cause a catastrophic accident,” said a protester from Gyeongju.

Many people are fearful of the reactor because of the deadly nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. Their worries intensified after an unidentified hacker got into the operating systems of three nuclear reactors in December, pledging to sabotage them unless the government stopped their operations………

Seo Kyun-ryeol, a nuclear engineering professor at Seoul National University… said a nuclear facility with an expired lifespan is bound to have a greater risk of future problems. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2015/02/123_173614.html

February 16, 2015 - Posted by | general

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