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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will investigate a nuclear reactor on the southwest coast to check its safety following the discovery of its faulty parts and conduct detailed inspections on all atomic energy plants to address safety issues, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it will [...]
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 [...]
SEJONG, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday proposed the construction of two new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years in an effort to help cut the country’s emission of greenhouse gases. The so-called basic plan for power supply calls for building the two nuclear reactors by 2029, bringing the total number [...]
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 [...]