South Korea's research reactor has successfully undergone a "shaking table test" to see if it can withstand a powerful quake, the country's atomic research institute said Friday.
The test of the 30 megawatt High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor unit in the city of Daejeon 160 kilometers south of Seoul found the materials used for the reconstruction of the reactor resisted a tremor equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 7.4, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said.
HANARO was designed for isotope production for medical and industrial purposes and began operations in 1995. It is also used to conduct various scientific and engineering experiments and other forms of research.
This file photo shows the 30 megawatt High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor unit in the central provincial city of Daejeon. (Yonhap)
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