Shin
Kori Baru No 3 reaktor utiliti negeri yang dikendalikan Korea Electric Power
Corp (KEPCO) dilihat di Ulsan, kira-kira 410 km (255 batu) tenggara Seoul,
September 3, 2013. (Reuters/Lee Jae-Won – think IN pictures
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SitiWanMahani – Korea
Selatan telah memberi lampu hijau kepada projek $7 billion untuk membina 2
reaktor nuklear pada tahun 2020. Ia kelulusan yang pertama sejak skandal
keselamatan yang membawa kepada penutupan beberapa reaktor nuklear bekerja banyak
dokumen palsu tahun lepas.
Pembinaan
Shin Kori Reaktor Unit 5 dan Shin Kori Reaktor Unit 6 adalah kerana akan
selesai pada Disember 2020, Kementerian Perdagangan, Industri dan Tenaga
(MOTIE) dalam satu kenyataan akhbar, laporan agensi berita Yonhap Korea
Selatan. Pelan [untuk pembinaan] telah diluluskan pada 23 Januari.
Reaktor
(kedua-dua April -1400 Advanced Kuasa Reaktor) akan ditempatkan di Kori Nuklear
Kompleks Kuasa berhampiran bandar tenggara Busan, 330km dari Seoul. Kapasiti
penjanaan kedua-dua reaktor akan lebih 1.4 juta kilowatt, menurut MOTIE.
Kelulusan
kerajaan datang beberapa minggu selepas MOTIE mengumumkan perubahan dasar untuk
mengurangkan pergantungan negara terhadap tenaga nuklear untuk 29 % peratus
daripada jumlah bekalan kuasa pada tahun 2035, daripada 41 % peratus yang
dirancang pada tahun 2030.
Korea
Selatan terpaksa membendung penjanaan kuasa nuklear selepas scandal ‘dokumen palsu pada Mei 2013, apabila
bekalan yang tidak dibenarkan’ peralatan bukan teras’ (peminat penyejukan,
kabel dan suis, yang memerlukan pengesahan antarabangsa) diturunkan.
Bahagian-bahagian yang telah dibekalkan dengan sijil keselamatan palsu.
Hasilnya,
Seoul terpaksa menghentikan operasi dua reaktor tenaga nuklear di Kori dan
Wolseong Kuasa Nuklear Tumbuhan untuk menggantikan peralatan yang tidak
dibe-narkan. Di
samping itu, Suruhanjaya Keselamatan dan Keselamatan Nuklear juga ditang-guhkan
memulakan semula operasi di 2 reaktor lain yang telah ditutup pada tahun 2012,
juga lebih dokumen palsu.
Selepas skandal, 6 jurutera nuklear dan pembekal
peralatan telah menjatuhkan hukuman penjara. Dalam
tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini ekonomi keempat terbesar di Asia telah melihat
beberapa penutupan reaktor disebabkan pelbagai sebab.
Pagi
Rabu awal Unit Reaktor 1,000 megawatt 5 di Hanul Loji Kuasa Nuklear di barat
Uljin County dihentikan operasi selepas isyarat amaran datang pada, menurut Korea
Hydro & Nuclear Power Co pegawai (KHNP).
Ia
bukan kali pertama reaktor ini tepat telah ditutup. Pada bulan Julai, 2013 ia
berhenti operasi kerana apa pengendali negeri jangka yang dipanggil “kesilapan
manusia.”
Masalah
teknikal Rabu mengambil bilangan reaktor ditutup kepada 4, meningkatkan risiko
kekurangan bekalan musim sejuk.
Reaktor
penutupan terkini menambah 2 lagi ditutup untuk penyelenggaraan berjadual dan
satu menunggu lanjutan lesen selepas jangka hayat 30 tahun yang tamat pada
November 2012, mengikut operator nuklear, yang dimiliki oleh negeri yang
dikendalikan Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO).
Korea
Selatan, yang berada di kedudukan yang ke-5 di peringkat global dalam penjanaan
tenaga nuklear, mempunyai 23 reaktor nuklear beroperasi melalui KEPCO. Reaktor
memenuhi lebih 30 % peratus daripada jumlah penggunaan elektrik di negara ini
dan negara ini juga merancang untuk membina 11 lagi pada tahun 2024.
Kelulusan
Shin Kori - 5 dan - 6 juga akan menggalakkan industri tenaga nuklear Korea
Selatan, yang masih bertujuan untuk mengeksport produknya ke dalam pasaran
global pada masa ini sebahagian besarnya dikuasai oleh Perancis, Amerika
Syarikat dan Rusia.
Seoul
kini cuba untuk keluar dari bayang-bayang bencana nuklear Jepun di Fukushima
Daiichi loji nuklear pada bulan Mac, 2011. Tumbuhan yang masih membebaskan
sejumlah besar bahan-bahan radioaktif. Hanya beberapa hari lalu jumlah air (water)
radioaktif bocor dari salah satu reaktor rosak, mengikut operator TEPCO.
S.
Korea Aapproves $7bn Nuclear Reactor plan . . .
South
Korea has given a green light to a $7 billion project to build two nuclear
reactors by 2020. It’s the first approval since a safety scandal that led to
the shutdown of several working nuclear reactors over fake documents last year.
The
construction of Shin Kori Reactor Unit 5 and Shin Kori Reactor Unit 6 is due to
be completed by December 2020, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
(MOTIE) said in a press release, reports South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The
plan [for construction] was approved on January 23.
The
reactors (both APR-1400 Advanced Power Reactors) will be located at Kori
Nuclear Power Complex near the southeastern city of Busan, 330km from Seoul.
The generation capacity of both reactors will be over 1.4 million kilowatts,
according to MOTIE.
The
approval of the government comes a few weeks after MOTIE announced a policy
change to reduce the country's reliance on nuclear power to 29 percent of total
power supply by 2035, instead of a planned 41 percent by 2030.
South
Korea had to curb its nuclear power generation after a ‘fake documents’ scandal
in May 2013, when a supply of unauthorized ‘non-core equipment’ (cooling fans,
cables and switches, which require international certification) was revealed.
The parts were supplied with fake safety certificates.
As
a result, Seoul had to halt the operations of two nuclear power reactors in
Kori and Wolseong Nuclear Power Plants to replace unauthorized equipment. In
addition, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission also delayed the restart
of operations at two other reactors that were closed in 2012, also over forged
documents. After the scandal, six nuclear engineers and equipment suppliers
were handed prison sentences.
In
recent years Asia’s fourth-largest economy has seen several shutdowns of its
reactors due to various reasons.
Early
Wednesday morning the 1,000-megawatt Reactor Unit 5 at the Hanul Nuclear Power
Plant in western Uljin County halted operations after a warning signal came on,
according to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) officials.
It’s
not the first time this exact reactor has shut down. In July, 2013 it ceased
operating due to what the state-run operator termed “human error.”
Wednesday’s
technical glitch took the number of reactors closed to four, increasing the
risk of power shortages over winter.
The
latest reactor closure adds to two others shut down for scheduled maintenance
and one awaiting an extension of its license after its 30-year lifespan expired
in November 2012, according to the nuclear operator, which is owned by
state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO).
South
Korea, which ranks fifth globally in nuclear power generation, has 23 nuclear
reactors operated through KEPCO. The reactors satisfy over 30 percent of the
country’s total electricity consumption and the country even plans to build 11
more by 2024.
The
approval of Shin Kori-5 and -6 will also encourage South Korea's nuclear power
industry, which still aims to export its products into a global market which is
currently largely dominated by France, the United States and Russia.
Seoul
is now attempting to emerge from the shadow of Japan's nuclear disaster on
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March, 2011. That plant still releases
substantial amounts of radioactive materials. Only several days ago an amount
of radioactive water leaked from one of the damaged reactors,
according to operator TEPCO.
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