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POWER UTILITY | Cesar Tordesillas, Korea
Published: 22 Jun 11
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Korea nuclear reactor shuts down due to overload

Korea nuclear reactor shuts down due to overload

A glitch in the power transmission line caused the nuclear reactor in southeastern South Korea to go offline.

The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. stated that the Gori-2 reactor northeast of Busan was shut down when a 345 kilovolt power line experienced an overload, yonhapnews reported.
 

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