Hanul Nuclear Power Plant, Surrounding Environmental Radiation 'Very Good' ... Kyungpook National University 'Service Investigation' Evaluation

Hanul Nuclear Power Plant panorama. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Hanul Nuclear Power Headquarters (Head Park Beom-su) announced on the 27th that the 2020 environmental radiation survey around the nuclear power plant conducted by the Radiation Science Research Institute at Kyungpook National University (Director Professor Park Hwan-bae), the agency responsible for environmental radiation investigation around the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant, received a "very good" evaluation.

The radiation analysis was conducted on a total of 770 terrestrial and marine samples, including 688 regular samples collected around the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant site and 82 resident interest samples collected jointly with local residents.

As a result of the analysis, trace amounts of artificial radioactive nuclides cesium (137Cs), strontium (90Sr), radioactive silver (110mAg), and tritium (3H) were detected. The detected cesium and strontium levels are at the level found in the general environment of South Korea, unrelated to the operation of the nuclear power plant.

Additionally, the annual dose from tritium detected in some rainwater and seawater samples and radioactive silver detected in some marine organism samples was very low, approximately 0.0279% and 0.0002%, respectively, of the recommended annual dose limit of 1 millisievert (mSv) for the general public.

Meanwhile, the Hanul Headquarters and the Radiation Science Research Institute at Kyungpook National University plan to continuously monitor the environmental impact of nuclear power plant operations through environmental radiation surveys around the power plant area this year as well.

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