In the 2016 South Korean disaster film Pandora, what type of facility is damaged by an earthquake?

In the 2016 South Korean disaster film Pandora, an earthquake damages a nuclear power plant.

Pandora is a South Korean disaster film directed by Park Jung-woo. Its story follows an accident at a nuclear power station after an earthquake, then examines the emergency response and the sacrifices made to prevent a larger catastrophe. The film uses the Pandora image as a metaphor for dangerous consequences released from a seemingly contained source.

The setting is important because the film’s central crisis involves reactor damage, radiation risk, evacuation, and pressure on government officials and plant workers. It is not an adaptation of the ancient Greek myth, though its title deliberately evokes the idea of opening something that unleashes disaster.

The film was released in South Korea in 2016 and became notable as a large-scale Korean disaster production. Viewers sometimes confuse it with documentaries or fictional stories about nuclear accidents in other countries. The specific facility in Pandora is a nuclear power plant, making that answer more precise than the broader term “power station.”