Kori 2 nuclear power reactor restarted after three-year suspension for safety checks, improvement

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Kori 2 nuclear power reactor restarted after three-year suspension for safety checks, improvement

Published: 04 Apr. 2026, 15:07 Updated: 05 Apr. 2026, 11:55

The Kori 2 nuclear reactor, center, as seen in Gijang County, Busan, on Nov. 13, 2025. [YONHAP]

Korea restarted the Kori 2 reactor on Saturday three years after its suspension for safety checks and facility improvement, the country's nuclear reactor operator said.

The nuclear reactor at the Kori Nuclear Power Plant, located in Busan, 325 kilometers (202 miles) southeast of Seoul, began commercial operations in April 1983 as the country's third nuclear reactor.

But its 40-year permission expired in April 2023, and operations had been suspended for safety inspections and improvements that were required before the facility could resume operations.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, which operates the facility, won permission last November to restart the nuclear reactor.

Yonhap