SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will spend 322.3 billion won (US$264 million) to establish nuclear decommissioning research centers in sync with the country’s new energy policy that centers on using more sustainable resources and less nuclear power. Under the plan, South Korea will start the construction of the centers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has reportedly decided to release 1.2 million tons of contaminated water currently stored at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, despite protests from South Korea. Greenpeace, an environmental non-governmental organization, reported that the final report submitted on Monday by the expert sub-committee on contaminated water at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government has expressed frustration over a poster designed by the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a Korean civic group, that questions the safety of Japan’s nuclear management prior to the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “It is not real. It shouldn’t happen,” said Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Chief [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will conduct intensive tests on automobiles produced by Toyota Motor Corp. after Russian authorities detected high levels of radiation on Toyota car exports to Vladivostok. Whether the recent measure will expand to all Japanese car producers has yet to be confirmed. The Korea Customs Service (KCS) designated [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nuclear safety agency said Friday that it has approved the construction of seven additional spent fuel storage structures at the Wolsong nuclear power plant to allow for uninterrupted power generation. The decision comes after the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., (KHNP) said the load at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a cyber diplomacy organization, has begun a campaign to inform the world about nuclear safety issues in Japan. On Tuesday, VANK posted a petition on Change.org, the world’s largest petition website, asking global citizens to pay attention to nuclear safety issues surrounding [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday called for international cooperation to respond to a possible move by Japan to discharge contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In a press conference held in Seoul, Choi Won-ho, the head of the Ministry of Science and ICT’s big [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘Grand March for Nuclear Phase-out’ began in Busan on Saturday. The Busan Citizens’ Alliance for Nuclear Phase-out, Ulsan Citizens’ Common Action for Nuclear Phase-out, and the Grand March for Nuclear Phase-out held a press conference on Saturday morning in front of the Kori Nuclear Power Plant before setting [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With the South Korean government’s import ban of Japanese fisheries products gaining the recognition of the World Trade Organization, the Korean Nuclear Society (KNS) has made an announcement that appears to represent the Japanese government’s position. The KNS held a press conference at the Korea Press Center in Seoul [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Bangladesh, in its recent effort to develop nuclear technology to overcome the country’s lack of natural resources, will be visiting South Korea for technological cooperation. The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) will be holding a technological assistance workshop at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) from February 18 [...]