韩国原子能安全委员会12日表示，正在对庆尚北道庆州市月城核电站2号机组非正常排放29吨核废液展开调查。
South Korea's nuclear safety agency has launched an investigation into the abnormal discharge of liquid radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor to the southeast of the country, Yonhap news agency said Sunday.
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韩国原子能安全委员会当日在其官网发布公告说，负责运营该机组的韩国水力原子能公司当地时间12日10时23分报告，月城2号机组正常运转时，储藏罐内的核废液未经样本分析阶段就被排放入海。据估计，排放量约为29吨。工作人员随后立即“关闭阀门，切断了泄漏”。对罐内残留样本进行分析的结果显示，放射性物质含量“为平时排放水平”。
The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) received a report from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), the operator of nuclear power plants, at about 10:23 am local time (0123 GMT) Sunday that the liquid waste of a radioactive storage tank in the Wolseong No 2 nuclear power plant in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province was discharged into the ocean without going through a sample analysis. The KHNP took measures to block leakage immediately after finding the tank outlet valve was open while preparing to release the liquid waste into the ocean, the NSSC said in a bulletin posted on its official website. According to the KHNP's analysis of samples left in the tank, the concentration of the leaked liquid waste, estimated at about 29 tons, stood at normal levels.
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原子能安全委员会表示，目前已派遣原子能安全专家对准确的泄漏量、泄漏原因等展开调查，并采集核电站附近的海水样本，以确认对环境的影响。调查结果将在日后公布。
The NSSC said it had dispatched experts to the power plant in a bid to investigate the exact amount and the cause of the leakage, planning to check any environmental impact by collecting seawater near the power plant. The agency promised to announce the results of the investigation once available.
来源：新华社
