NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT S. KOREA NPP
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Warning Signal Shuts Down Reactor Unit 5 at Hanul NPP in Uljin, S. Korea
Reactor No. 5 at Hanul Nuclear Power Plant in Uljin, located some 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was automatically shutdown at 4:17 am on Wednesday (UTC +9 hrs) after an emergency signal was activated.
The cause of the shutdown of the 1,000-megawatt unit was not yet known, said officials from the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co, Yonhap reported.
The Hanul Nuclear power plant [previously named Uljin] has six pressurized water reactors (PWRs) with a total installed capacity of 5,881 MW. The first unit went online in 1988.
Hanul Nuclear Power Plant. Undated photo provided by Korea Electric Power Corporation.
Currently 19 [out of 23] nuclear reactors supply about 30 percent of South Korea’s electricity.
Fake Parts, Bogus Certificates
South Korean nuclear regulators discovered about a thousand more fake parts supplied for their nuclear plants with bogus quality certificates in 2012.
- In November 2012, eight companies were found to have submitted 60 fake certificates that covered more than 7,000 parts mostly used in the two reactors that were reportedly shut.
- S. Korean government is planning an additional 11 nuclear reactors, to add to its existing fleet of 23.
- About 12,500 tons of nuclear waste filled more than 70 percent of the country’s storage capacity at reactor sites, as of June 2012.
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