Korean research reactor resumes operation

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has restarted the 30 MW High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO), which has been offline for the past three-and-a-half years. During this period, the reactor has undergone safety upgrades.

The HANARO reactor was taken offline in July 2014 so that work to seismically reinforce its reactor building could be carried out. Safety inspections of the facility in response to the March 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have also been conducted.

Having carried out pre-operational checks of HANARO, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission gave its approval on 30 November for the reactor to be restarted. KAERI and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety made the final decision to resume operation of the reactor on 5 December.

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Source: World Nuclear News