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.
