S.Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor breaks down

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The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said the 33-year-old Gori-1 reactor at its plant in Gijang County, northeastern Busan, was temporarily shut down 8:46 p.m. on Tuesday due to a malfunction of an electric circuit.

“There is no problem with the safety of the reactor and no radiation leak,” said the state nuclear power company. “The reactor will resume operations on April 15.”

However, the accident has increased controversy over the extension of its life and accelerated calls for permanent shut down. The operation of the oldest Gori-1 reactor in South Korea was supposed to be stopped in 2007, but it was given a 10-year extension like the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan.

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/englishedition/enational/473009.html

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항상 같은 말

문제없다

누출없다.