![]() The IAEA designated areas within three to five kilometers of a power plant as Precautionary Action Zones (PAZes), from which residents should evacuate immediately in cases of radioactive leakage from the plant. The situation was worse in schools located in the immediate vicinity of nuclear plants. He said that out of these schools, only 36 with 6,744 students were equipped with protective suits, which is just 1.7 percent of the total number of students within UPZs. Kim Young-ho of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Monday that over 388,000 students in 1,112 kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools in the country are located inside Urgent Protective Action Planning Zones (UPZ) ― within 20 to 30 kilometers of a nuclear power plant, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).īusan has 692 such educational facilities, while Ulsan has 239, Gangwon Province 10, North Jeolla Province 54, South Jeolla Province 45, North Gyeongsang Province 47 and South Gyeongsang Province 25, according to the lawmaker. Most kindergartens and schools close to nuclear power plants in Korea are either not equipped with a sufficient number of protective suits or lack such gear altogether, a lawmaker said. ![]() Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant Reactor No.1 in Gyeongju / Yonhap
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