South Korea's plans for new nuclear reactors have been delayed due to safety concerns. Completion of two reactors in Uljin, 330 km southeast of Seoul, has been pushed back by at least 10 months due to a delay in government approval for their construction. The reactors were originally scheduled to begin operation in 2016 and 2017.
Construction of the 4 other reactors has also been pushed back by at least one year, partly due to a delay in government authorization, while plans for 2 others have been scrapped altogether. The delay in plans comes as the government apparently is taking more time to verify the safety of new reactors following the nuclear accident in Japan's Fukushima.
The government had also been forced to delay the restart of an aged reactor that was shut down in March for a safety inspection until earlier this month due to public concerns even though the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission approved the restart of the reactor early July.
The combined generation capacity of the 8 nuclear reactors is 12.72 GW.
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