There were reports of radioactivity leaking from the Wolseong nuclear power plant (Wolseong nuclear power plant) in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
There is also a possibility of further contamination, raising concerns.
On the 7th, Pohang MBC reported on the radioactive leak at the Wolseong nuclear power plant. Pohang MBC recently reported this based on the results of its own investigation by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP).
Pohang MBC said, “The results of KHNP’s own investigation that the site of the Wolseong nuclear power plant may have been exposed to a wide range of radioactive contamination. As a result of inspection of groundwater at about 10 sites of the Wolseong nuclear power plant last year, tritium, a radioactive substance, was detected in all places. Is completely enclosed and isolated for safety and should not be detected except in designated facilities, but as a result of the investigation, as many as 713,000 becquerels, a significant amount of tritium, up to 18 times the management standard, was detected in various places and shocked. “I said.
Pohang MBC said, “In addition, up to 924 becquerels of tritium were detected in the northern border area, which is 300 meters away from the central site of the nuclear power plant. This raises the possibility that radioactive groundwater spread to the Wolseong nuclear power plant site as well as outside the nuclear power plant site. External leakage of radioactive materials has never been confirmed in Korea,” he said.
Pohang MBC also reported the position of KHNP. Pohang MBC said, “KHNP said, “All tritium detected is located inside the site of a nuclear power plant, so it cannot be called an external leak, and no unplanned leak has been confirmed.” Regarding the position of KHNP’s side, Lee Won-young Yang of the Democratic Party told Pohang MBC that “even if it occurs within the site, both the ground and groundwater can be connected.”
This is the Pohang MBC report video on the 7th.
As of the morning of the 8th, this news was reported only by MBC in Pohang and MBC in Andong.
Netizens were also worried about the news of the radioactive leak at the Wolseong nuclear power plant. On the 8th, a netizen who shared the news on Community Theku said, “Why do I have to broadcast only on local broadcasts and nationwide.”
This is a comment on the Community Theku.
