South Korea has no option but to expand its nuclear power plant program despite growing public concern over safety in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011 and a series of scares that closed two reactors last year.
The proportion of South Koreans who considered nuclear power safe fell to 34.8 percent in a survey conducted in November and published on Tuesday, down from 40 percent in April 2011 and 71 percent in January 2010, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.
The ministry has been sharply criticized for its role as regulator and operator of the country’s nuclear power plants, and one of its subsidiaries was accused of suppressing negative public opinion after the Fukushima disaster by not publishing polls.
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