China "Watch the follow-up situation of abnormal emission of Korean nuclear power plants"

Regarding the abnormal emission of radioactive waste from the Wolseong Unit 2 nuclear power plant in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, China has announced that it will keep an eye on the follow-up situation.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jha-kun responded to a Chinese media question about how he viewed the leak of a nuclear power plant in South Korea during a regular briefing."Based on the information that has been revealed now, South Korea has already taken first aid measures," spokesman
Guo said, adding that China will closely monitor the follow-up of the accident.

Earlier, the Korea Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said it received a report from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power at 10:23 a.m. on the 12th that the waste of the liquid radioactive material storage tank of Wolseong Unit 2, which is operating normally, was discharged to the ocean without going through a sample analysis stage.