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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the South Korean government’s efforts to reduce the country’s reliance on nuclear energy and initiate a shift towards renewable alternatives, a surprising number of soon-to-be high school graduates have applied to study nuclear engineering at university this year. According to sources in the education sector on Thursday, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has spent over 82 billion won to promote the use of nuclear energy over the last decade, nearly 300 times more than the money spent for the promotion of renewable energy, government data has revealed. According to data disclosed by lawmaker Kwon Chil-Seung, who is [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday it will hold working-level talks with France this week on promoting a partnership in the nuclear energy field. The two-day bilateral “joint coordinating committee” meeting is due to open in Seoul later in the day, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The international environmental activist group Greenpeace staged an anti-nuclear protest Thursday, demanding that Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission reject the proposed construction of two additional nuclear reactors at the Kori Nuclear Power Plant. The Kori Power Plant is located in Kori, a suburb of Busan. The group claimed [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and China will hold high-level talks this week on nuclear energy cooperation, the government said Wednesday. The bilateral Nuclear Power Joint Committee meeting, the 13th of its kind, is scheduled to open in Beijing on Thursday. In the two-day session, South Korea will be represented by Hong [...]