
Joint action in the Honam region in response to the Hanbit nuclear power plant condemns the holding of a public hearing in Yeonggwang-gun
The Honam Region Joint Action in Response to Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant held a press conference in Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do on the 11th and called for an immediate halt to the construction of dry storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel within the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant site, which is turning Honam into a nuclear waste dump.
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is promoting the creation of a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant and is holding public hearings with residents in each region.
(Gwangju, South Jeolla Province = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Hoe-seong = The Honam Region Joint Action in Response to the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant claimed on the 11th, โWe oppose the construction of a dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on the site of the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant, which will turn Honam into a nuclear waste dump.โ
Joint Action, a nuclear abolition movement group in the Jeonnam Gwangju area, held a press conference in front of the Hotel The Star Wedding Hall in Yeonggwang-gun, Jeonnam Gwangju, where Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power held a related public hearing, and protested, saying, "They are trying to pass the burden of nuclear waste too lightly onto the existing nuclear power plant area."
The group claimed, โConsidering that the dry storage facility has been in operation for at least 30 years, this is clearly a new nuclear facility,โ and added, โEven a simple public hearing to collect opinions is being unilaterally enforced without properly asking the residentsโ opinions.โ
The joint action called for "immediately stop the construction of dry storage facilities on the site based on the premise of extending the lifespan of old nuclear power plants."
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, which is promoting the creation of a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant, plans to hold a public hearing for residents in Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do on the 13th.
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Public hearing held for residents of Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do
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