Minor nuclear accident at Younggwang Nuclear Power Plant, South Korea

[Ian David]

GLIDE Number: NC-20070219-9967-KOR
Date / time: 19/02/2007 07:06:25
Event: Nuclear Event
Area: Asia
Country: South Korea
State/County: Province of Jeolla
City: Yeongggwang
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:
A malfunction caused a shutdown of a nuclear power reactor at one of South Korea's atomic power plants, authorities said Sunday. Operators at the Younggwang Nuclear Power Plant in South Jeolla Province said operations of Unit No. 1 were suspended a little past 6 p.m., after a malfunction was detected.

"There was no radiation leakage, and once experts determine the exact cause of the malfunction, operations will begin again," said a spokesman for the plant, located 322 kilometers south of Seoul. Minor malfunctions that could lead to a shutdown are not reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?lang=eng&id=9967

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