Korea's Nuclear Power Plants Have A Tsunami Problem

One has to wonder what goes into the minds of those who site nuclear plants. Apparently the South Korean government must have used TEPCO brain trust to help it site its nuclear power plants.

The six reactors at the Uljin nuclear plant are just 10 m above sea level and only 100 m from the coast with no flood barriers. "If a 10 m tidal wave sweeps in as depicted in the simulation, the Uljin nuclear plant could suffer the same fate as the Fukushima plant," Lee said in a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday. "We need to build barriers to protect nuclear plants from possible huge tsunamis."

I'm sure the view is just fantastic with little concern to the safety of the workers or those who live near the facility.

According to data the Korea Meteorological Administration submitted to Grand National Party lawmaker Lee Joung-sun, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan would cause a 10 m tsunami to hit the coast of Uljin and Samcheok in just an hour and 48 minutes. Then the tsunami would reach the coast of Pohang two hours and five minutes later and Busan would be hit by a 5.5 m tsunami in two hours and 40 minutes.