S.Korea unveils power plan to counter nuclear closures

4,000 megawatts of extra power capacity.

This is what South Korea aims for through savings and new plants to head off potential blackouts.

Two reactors were closed to replace parts with fake quality documents and there was an extended shutdown of another reactor where microscopic cracks were found.

This brought down reserve excess capacity in January to less than a third of the normal target.

It usually supplies about a third of its electricity from nuclear power generation from its 23 reactors.

Under the plan, an additional 1,270 MW of power capacity would come from private and public power generators.

A further 3,000 MW is targeted from power savings including less heating at firms and public places, the statement said.

Without such efforts, South Korea's excess power generating capacity over projected demand in January is forecast at 1,270 MW, or 28 percent of the safety margin that the government aims for to guarantee supplies, the statement said.

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