South Korea completing safety inspections of reactor containment structures

摘要

South Korea’s nuclear regulator is conducting safety checks ofcontainment structures of all the country’s nuclear reactors and aimsto finish inspections by the end of the year, the new chairman of thecountry’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said April 25.Because the inspections are expected to be completed, no reactorshutdowns are anticipated after the end of this year to addressproblems identified in the containments, Uhm Jae-Sik, chairman of theNuclear Safety and Security Commission, or NSSC, said in an interviewApril 25. Uhm, a long-time staffer at the agency, was promoted tochairman in December.