SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior Czech official in charge of nuclear energy affairs has said that financial support from South Korea is “not on agenda” for his country’s nuclear plant construction projects, dismissing speculations that the Seoul government may have offered such assistance in a bid to win the country’s multibillion-dollar nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean-built nuclear plant was included in the design of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s new high-denomination banknote designed to commemorate the country’s 51st anniversary. According to a press release from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), a bird’s eye view of the four nuclear reactors at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said Thursday it has signed a maintenance service deal for a reactor at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under the deal with Nawah Energy Co., the operator of the nuclear power plant, [...]
GYEONGJU, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The first demolition fire truck has been introduced at a nuclear power plant in South Korea. The new unmanned demolition fire truck, acquired by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp.’s Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant, is capable of discharging water jets as far as 100 meters horizontally and 60 meters [...]
TEHRAN/SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started operations at the first unit of the South Korean-built Barakah nuclear power plant, Dubai’s ruler said Saturday, marking the first operation of a peaceful nuclear reactor in the Arab world. Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said in a Twitter post [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s nuclear watchdog on Monday approved the operation of the first reactor at the Barakah nuclear plant built by South Korean companies, industry sources said. The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation approved the operation of the unit-1 reactor of the Barakah nuclear plant, the Middle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government has made a de facto decision to release contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant despite strong opposition from South Korea. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry held an expert subcommittee session on Monday and announced plans to release the contaminated waters in two ways. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As Japan seeks to release contaminated water from its disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean, South Korean media revealed that the tainted water contains hazardous radioactive materials. KBS News reported on Thursday that a report submitted by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint to build up the nuclear decommissioning industry, with the aim of becoming one of the top five global players in the field by the mid-2030s. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the goal is to account for 10 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nuclear power utilization rate fell to a 37-year low in 2018 amid efforts to reduce the country’s dependence on the energy source, official data showed Wednesday. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), the public company charged with operating atomic energy production, said use of fission power [...]