August 25 2012 More Nuclear Reactors Being Shut Down after 10 shutdowns in 10 days time.

Reactor-1 of Uljin Nuclear Power Plant automatically shut down, South Korea

Posted on August 24, 2012 | No Comments

On August 23, 2012 a nuclear reactor in South Korea’s southeastern region shut itself down after its reactor operation system gave a warning signal, the state-run plant operator said. The Reactor-1 in Uljin Nuclear Power Plant, automatically stopped operating its nuclear reactor and turbine generator as of 6:41 p.m., according to the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. It froze itself on the warning signal and the shutdown falls under a “zero” rating according to...