SEJONG, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled a new 15-year power supply plan Wednesday that calls for the construction of two new nuclear reactors to meet the country’s growing demand for electricity. Under the so-called basic plan for power supply, the country will build two new nuclear reactors by 2029, bringing the total [...]
“The government should re-assess whether to extend the life of the nuclear reactor by considering its safety, public views towards it, and economic viability. If the overall assessment is negative, there’s no need to re-activate the reactor.” - Suh Kune-yull, nuclear engineering professor at Seoul National University “Wolsong-1 has not passed the stress test as [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nuclear watchdog voted early Friday to extend the operation of a 32-year-old nuclear reactor to 2022 despite strong opposition from residents and environmental groups over its safety. The approval cleared the way for the 678-megawatt Wolsong-1 reactor on South Korea’s southeast coast to go back on line [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Three workers died Friday apparently after inhaling toxic gas at the construction site of a power-generating nuclear reactor, the state power operator said Friday. Bae Kyong-min, an official at the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., said nitrogen gas leaked from an underground cable is believed to have caused [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean nuclear technology successfully set its foot in EU market, home of nuclear power R&D, securing a contract to export a nuclear reactor for research purposes to the Netherlands. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on June 24 that the consortium of the Korea Atomic Energy [...]