Monday, November 12, 2012

South Korea and its nuclear dilemma

Just when all's safe and quiet on the Korean peninsula, oh wait, it's the Korean peninsula, would it really ever be quiet? But this time the commotion is not coming from the northern Korean state, but the southern one. South Korea officials are quickly trying to shut various nuclear facilities as it was found out that these development had forge safety certificates.
Authorities said microscopic cracks were found in control rods in one reactor at the Yonggwang nuclear plant.



This is very much getting public scrutiny because the people of Korea that these facilities are setting them up for the same problem that the Japan had with the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and their nuclear facility.

The bad timing of this problem comes in with the fact that South Korea has made a $20 billion contract to export nuclear power reactors. By 2030, they will be the third top exporter of nuclear reactors, right behind Russia and France.

Nevertheless, this crisis has put a lot of people in Korea without power.




Resources:
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/opinion/south-korea-has-its-own-nuclear-challenge/article_255b5864-2cdf-11e2-909d-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/world/asia/south-korea-nuclear-reactor/index.html

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