South Korea fears the same disaster

South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper on April 10 reported that an earthquake of similar magnitude tsunami devastated Japan in March will push Korea to face a 'Fukushima' disaster. only me.

According to the results of the Korea Meteorological Agency, once a 9-magnitude earthquake occurs off northwestern Japan, a tsunami of up to 10m or higher can submerge 6 reactors at home. Uljin nuclear power station in Southeast Korea. The results of hypothetical studies on computer models published on April 6 proved this.

Uljin nuclear power plant in southeastern Korea.

According to data provided by the Korea Meteorological Agency to congressman of the Nationalist Party, Mr. Lee Joung-sun, a 9-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Honshu island can cause high tsunami. 10m and reach the Uljin and Samcheok beaches within 1 hour 48 minutes. After 2 hours 5 minutes, this tsunami will overflow to the coast of Pohang. After reducing the height of 5.5m, the tsunami will spread to Busan within 2 hours 40 minutes.

An earthquake of similar magnitude that occurred off the Japanese island of Hokkaido also caused a tsunami of more than 10m that engulfed Uljin, Samcheok and Sokcho.

All 6 reactors of Uljin nuclear power plant are located at a height of less than 10m above sea level, about 100m from the shore and there is absolutely no dyke. Senator Lee, who led the study, said: ' If there is a hypothetical 10m high tsunami, the entire Uljin nuclear power plant could suffer the same damage as Japan's Fukushima plant '. . Lee also proposed a solution for South Korea to build barriers to protect nuclear reactors from a devastating tsunami.

Love so far, there have been two earthquakes off the northwest of Japan that caused tsunami waves across the Samcheok coastal region of Korea. In 1983, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off the island of Honshu caused tsunamis to hit Samcheok, in the Gangwon province of South Korea, killing five people and destroying 81 boats. In 1993, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off the Japanese island of Hokkaido also caused a tsunami into South Korea's Samcheok.