On Monday, Seoul, South Korea, had to shut down two nuclear power plants due to forged quality parts being used throughout the plants. A large amount of these forged quality parts had been sent to the Yonggwang power plant and placed in two of the reactors. As a result of the closing of the two reactors, five percent of South Korea's power will not be available for the winter season. Many are worried for the fact that South Korea's temperature during this time falls below zeroes. In order to have the reactors up and running again, most of the forged parts will need to be removed and replaced with the reactors being fixed at the earliest by then end of the year. For this month the government has been working with other agencies to help make up for the pressure of the missing power. After another issue with nuclear power plants including the recent failure of the Fukushima plant in Japan, nuclear power is gaining even more scrutiny for these hazardous issues.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/world/asia/south-korea-nuclear-reactors/index.html?hpt=wo_bn4
Christina Drozek
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