On December 9, 2025, a fire broke out at the Taean Thermal Power Plant, a coal-fired facility located in Taean County, approximately 140 kilometers southwest of Seoul, South Korea.

Rescue operations resumed Tuesday for four workers trapped under the debris of a collapsed boiler tower at a thermal power plant in Ulsan, southeastern South Korea, after two neighboring towers were safely demolished.

At least six people are believed to be trapped after a large structure collapsed at the Korea East-West Power’s Ulsan Power Plant headquarters on Thursday.

The number of nuclear power plants is set to increase with construction underway in 69 units around the world which will add a total of 74,925 megawatts of capacity upon completion.