South Korea Seeks Russian Help to Manage Nuclear Waste and Dismantle Reactors

摘要

For the dismantlement of decommissioned nuclear power plants and the safe management of spent fuel and waste, South Korea turned its eyes to Russian technology as negotiations with the United States on revising a 2015 nuclear accord moved at a snail's pace. President Moon Jae-in unveiled a new energy roadmap to replace fossil-fueled power plants with clean and renewable energy sources. The life cycle of existing reactors will not be extended to decrease the number of nuclear power plants from 24 to 14 in 2038. An old reactor in Gori near the southeastern port of Busan was shut down in June 2017.