<p>A "white" warning was issued at around 2.32 p.m. local time at the state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), located in the central city of Daejeon, about 160 km south of Seoul, after minor radiation leaks were detected at a 30 MW research reactor, HANARO, at around 1.03 p.m. local time, Xinhua quoted KAERI as telling the local media. <br />The reactor was promptly shut down and the staff there were immediately evacuated, it added. <br /><br />The "white" warning, the lowest on a three-grade alert system in the country, is usually issued as radiation leaks were found within the facility. <br /><br />KAERI said no radiation leaked outside and no casualties have been reported. <br />The cause of the accident was yet to be determined.</p>
<p>A "white" warning was issued at around 2.32 p.m. local time at the state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), located in the central city of Daejeon, about 160 km south of Seoul, after minor radiation leaks were detected at a 30 MW research reactor, HANARO, at around 1.03 p.m. local time, Xinhua quoted KAERI as telling the local media. <br />The reactor was promptly shut down and the staff there were immediately evacuated, it added. <br /><br />The "white" warning, the lowest on a three-grade alert system in the country, is usually issued as radiation leaks were found within the facility. <br /><br />KAERI said no radiation leaked outside and no casualties have been reported. <br />The cause of the accident was yet to be determined.</p>