SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will raise its dependence on nuclear energy sources to over 30 percent while sharply reducing its reliance on coal by 2036, the energy ministry said Thursday, as the country accelerates its push to reach carbon neutrality. Under the plan, the government will raise the proportion of nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea seeks to expand its generation of nuclear power to nearly 33 percent of its total energy creation by 2030 in a move to boost energy security and to better meet net-zero goals, the industry ministry said Tuesday. Under the blueprint for the country’s electricity supply through 2036, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday launched a committee to help local companies win contracts to build nuclear power plants overseas amid renewed interest in nuclear power in Europe due to energy shortages. The move came as the government is pushing to rebuild the nuclear industry in a reversal of the [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The industry ministry vowed Tuesday to provide companies in the nuclear power industry with work worth 130 billion won (US$99.04 million) this year in an effort to rebuild the sector and expand nuclear power generation. The work to be provided this year will be meant to improve related facilities [...]
SEJONG, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand its generation of nuclear power to more than 30 percent of its total energy creation by 2030 as part of efforts to boost energy security and better meet carbon neutrality goals, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Yoon Suk-yeol government has pledged to reverse the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will seek to export more its endogenously designed nuclear reactors, the country’s state-run nuclear plant operator said Friday, as it has successfully completed the construction of two new nuclear reactors in the southern port city of Ulsan. The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) held a [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean experts on nuclear technology are teaming up to strengthen Vietnam’s radiation control capabilities. The Global Institute for Nuclear Initiative Strategy (GINIS) announced on Wednesday that it had established a new Nuclear Safety Technology Center at Vietnam’s Dalat University. The center will serve as a platform to transfer [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans voted in favor of using atomic power, a survey showed Wednesday, amid the Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear phase-out policy. The survey was conducted on 1,000 people aged over 19 to study public opinion on the government’s nuclear policy, the Korea Nuclear Society (KNS) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will lift a cap previously placed on the maximum amount of liability coverage for nuclear power plant accidents. The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission announced plans to hold nuclear power reactor operators to a stricter standard during a meeting on Wednesday, which will see a previous cap of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans support phasing out nuclear energy, a survey showed Monday, as President Moon Jae-in reiterated his commitment to shifting out of nuclear power into safer renewable energy. The Realmeter survey, conducted on 501 adults Friday, found that 60.5 percent back a nuclear phase-out policy while [...]