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S. Korea, Finland Vow to Enhance Tech Ties on High-level Radioactive Waste

S. Korea, Finland Vow to Enhance Tech Ties on High-level Radioactive Waste

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Finland agreed Friday to deepen technology cooperation on treatment of high-level radioactive waste, as the Seoul government has sought to expand nuclear power generation, the industry ministry here said. The consensus was reached during a working-level teleconference between the two sides, according to the Ministry of [...]

New Technology Reduces Radioactive Waste to One-tenth of Original Size

New Technology Reduces Radioactive Waste to One-tenth of Original Size

DAEJEON, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed new technology that can help reduce the size of radioactive waste down to one-tenth of its original size. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Tuesday that it had developed a new method of processing uranium waste currently stored at a petrochemical [...]

Nuclear Research Institute Develops New QR Code System to Manage Radioactive Waste

Nuclear Research Institute Develops New QR Code System to Manage Radioactive Waste

DAEJEON, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said Tuesday that it had established a full-cycle history management system for radioactive waste using QR codes. The system encodes a variety of waste information that is collected per project, including project managers, radioactive nuclides and the type of waste in QR [...]

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

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 [...]