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Nuclear Energy Organizations in a Game of Hot Potato Over Daejeon’s Radioactive Waste

DAEJEON, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) are locked in a stalemate as to which organization is responsible for radioactive waste currently stored at the KAERI’s Daejeon location. With existing laws failing to explicitly define ownership over nuclear waste, both [...]

S. Korea to Select Storage Site for High-Level Nuclear Wastes by 2028

SEJONG, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government said Monday that it will follow the due process of narrowing down different views to build a nuclear depository for high-level radioactive waste on its soil by 2028 in order to avoid a possible conflict over the issue. The government also decided to push to develop [...]