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South Korean nuclear reactor shuts down

Nuclear reactor in S. Korea stops operations , Korea Times, 22 Jul 16, 

A nuclear reactor at South Korea’s power plant stopped operations Friday due to malfunctions in its safety-related system, plant operators said.

The Wolseong-1 reactor at the plant, located in Gyeongju, about 400 km southeast of Seoul, came to a halt at around 11:24 a.m. according to the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP).

No radiation leaks have been reported. The operator said that it is currently working on finding the exact cause of the shutdown….

It is the second time that the 678-megawatt facility has gone offline in the recent two months since it had stopped for two weeks in May due to a defect in its valve system.

The Wolseong-1 reactor had been shut down since 2012 when it reached its 30-year commercial operation period.

But it went back online in June last year after the state-run nuclear watchdog decided to restart operation of the facility for another 10 years.The decision has sparked public concerns over the reactor’s safety here after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan….http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/07/116_210056.html

July 23, 2016 - Posted by | incidents, South Korea

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