S.Korea panel backs closure of oldest nuclear reactor
Source: Reuters
South Korea is expected to shut down its oldest nuclear reactor, the Kori No. 1 unit on the country's southeastern tip, after a government-led energy advisory panel recommended it be permanently closed.
The panel's decision meant operator Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd (KHNP) was unlikely to seek a second extension for the nearly 40-year-old plant, whose operating permit expires in June 2017, government and industry sources said.
"The energy committee concluded today that the permanent closure of Kori No.1 is desirable for the mid- and long-term development of our nuclear power industry," Yoon Sang-jick, the committee head and minister of trade, industry and energy, told reporters.
A shutdown would mark the first permanent closure of a plant in South Korea since the country launched its nuclear industry nearly four decades ago.
Public trust in nuclear energy in the world's fifth-biggest user of nuclear power has been undermined by a 2012 scandal over the supply of reactor parts with fake security certificates and the 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan.
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davidpdx
(22,000 posts)produced once it's taken offline. I wonder how they are going to replace the lost energy. I'm not sure how much Korea has invested in green energy, but I sure hope they have planned ahead (though extremely unlikely). Our power bills are going to go through the roof in 2017.
rpannier
(24,353 posts)Solar panels are just about everywhere
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I haven't been down that way in several years. I have lived in Jinju, Gwangju, and Daegu. Those parts of Korea are beautiful, but it's also hotter than hell.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)There is a huge amount of money to be made on this black market.
And a huge price to be paid.
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