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7 in 10 in Favor of Nuclear Power Plants: Survey

7 in 10 in Favor of Nuclear Power Plants: Survey

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) [...]

Completion of New Reactors Delayed by Quake-safety Inspections

Completion of New Reactors Delayed by Quake-safety Inspections

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The completion of two new nuclear reactors has been delayed by eight months to meet strengthened safety requirements against earthquakes, the energy ministry said Thursday. Construction of Shin-Hanul No. 1 and No. 2 reactors began in April 2010 and was planned to be completed by February next year. Ministry [...]

Moon Vows to Faithfully Implement Outcome of Debate on Nuclear Reactors

Moon Vows to Faithfully Implement Outcome of Debate on Nuclear Reactors

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in affirmed Tuesday that his government will fully implement the recommendation by a public debate commission regarding the fate of two unfinished nuclear reactors, noting the debate was never a matter of right or wrong. “I believe the debate was a chance to create a new mechanism [...]

Government Vows Continued Support for Nuclear Export Push

Government Vows Continued Support for Nuclear Export Push

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government vowed Tuesday to support local companies’ bids to export nuclear reactors overseas, in a move to ease concerns that its nuclear phase-out plan could adversely affect efforts to new secure contracts. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a meeting with state-run utilities, construction [...]

Government to Follow Selected Citizens’ Decision on Fate of 2 Reactors

Government to Follow Selected Citizens’ Decision on Fate of 2 Reactors

SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae reiterated Friday that the government will follow the decision that select citizens will make over the fate of two nuclear reactors after their public deliberation process. Its remarks came a day after a government panel tasked with overseeing the deliberation process said that [...]

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 [...]