Radiation leak from Gori-1 reactor could kill 900,000 people: report via Yonhap News

BUSAN, May 21 (Yonhap) — A radiation leak from South Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor could kill up to 900,000 people over the long term and cause damage totaling a maximum of 628 trillion won (US$537 billion), a report showed Monday.

The figures were found by simulating a radioactive leak at the Gori-1 nuclear reactor in the southeastern city of Busan, according to the report’s publishers, the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM) and the No Nukes Busan Citizen Countermeasure Commission.

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The number of casualties was estimated at 47,580 immediate deaths and about 850,000 more eventual deaths caused by cancer from exposure to radiation, the report said.

It also said most of the economic damage would have to be covered by the government, as the reactor’s operator would only be able to pay 50 billion won in compensation.

South Korea currently has 21 commercial reactors and has plans to build 12 more by 2022.

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