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U.S. Energy Firm to Appeal Court Decision in Favor of KEPCO, KHNP over Nuclear Reactor Exports

U.S. Energy Firm to Appeal Court Decision in Favor of KEPCO, KHNP over Nuclear Reactor Exports

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. energy firm said Tuesday it will appeal a district court’s decision earlier this week to dismiss its lawsuit filed to stop two South Korean state-run companies from exporting nuclear power plants. On Monday, the District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the complaint that Westinghouse Electric [...]

U.S. Court Rules in Favor of KEPCO, KHNP Over Nuclear Reactor Exports

U.S. Court Rules in Favor of KEPCO, KHNP Over Nuclear Reactor Exports

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. district court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that an American energy firm filed to stop two South Korean state-run companies from exporting nuclear power plants, determining it is not qualified to take the legal move. The District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the complaint that [...]

Washington Puts Brakes on S. Korea’s Nuclear Plant Project in Czech

Washington Puts Brakes on S. Korea’s Nuclear Plant Project in Czech

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean nuclear plant operator’s application to build a nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic has been rejected by the U.S. government. Previously, U.S. nuclear energy firm Westinghouse Electric Company LLC filed a suit in the Washington, D.C. federal district court to restrict unilateral exports, saying that its technology [...]

New Technology Brings Together Farming, Solar Energy Generation

New Technology Brings Together Farming, Solar Energy Generation

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation (KHNP) has patented a new rice farming system that can also generate solar energy. The energy company said on Thursday it has patented a simultaneous rice farming and solar energy generation system for the first time in the country, placing solar panels [...]

N. Korea behind Nuke Power Plant Data Leakage: Investigators

N. Korea behind Nuke Power Plant Data Leakage: Investigators

SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is believed to be linked to a series of recent leaks of data on South Korea’s nuclear power plants, investigators said Tuesday. In December, an unidentified hacker, claiming to be an activist against nuclear power, had posted data about nuclear power plants, including their blueprints, five times [...]

N. Korea Denies Involvement in Hacking of South’s Nuclear Power Operator

N. Korea Denies Involvement in Hacking of South’s Nuclear Power Operator

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea again denied its involvement in the hacking of South Korea’s nuclear power station operator Sunday, calling the allegation “a trumped-up plot against the communist country.” The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has suffered a series of cyber attacks that has raised safety concerns in a [...]

KHNP Develops Safety Simulator Program in Preparation for Serious Nuclear Accidents

KHNP Develops Safety Simulator Program in Preparation for Serious Nuclear Accidents

SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power said on November 28 that it held a launching event for its “beyond-design basis accident” simulator program in preparation for nuclear reactor meltdown at its Kori Nuclear Power Plant in the southeast. The simulator program has been developed to respond to serious nuclear power plant accidents like the one [...]