Orano, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to cooperate on nuclear D&DRadwaste SolutionsWaste ManagementDecember 7, 2020, 9:29AM|Radwaste Solutions StaffOrano's Alain Vandercruyssen signs a cooperation agreement with KHNP on December 4. Photo: ORANOWith the signing of a cooperation agreement by Orano and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power at KHNP’s headquarters in Gyeongju on December 4, France and South Korea are poised to enhance collaboration in the decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, particularly in South Korea and Europe.Orano said that the collaboration will give it access to the expertise of KHNP engineers, as well as to KHNP’s network of providers of nuclear engineering services, particularly in the fields of robotics, process industrialization, and quality.KHNP, in return, will benefit from Orano’s experience in preparing and carrying out nuclear dismantling, with the company providing technical assistance and supplying skills and training. South Korean engineers will be included in the Orano dismantling and services teams.ExpandTags:d&ddecommissioningfrancekhnporanosouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
South Korea completes first vacuum vessel section for ITERNuclear NewsResearch & ApplicationsMay 5, 2020, 9:59AM|Nuclear News StaffITER vacuum vessel section no. 6, shown here, was completely assembled in April. South Korea is providing four of the nine 40-degree vacuum vessel sections; Europe is providing the other five. Photo: ITERSouth Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has completed work on the first vacuum vessel section for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the ITER Organization reported on April 28. The 440-ton section is now being prepared for shipping this summer to the ITER construction site, located near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.ExpandTags:fusionhyundai heavy industriesiteriter organizationresearchsouth koreavacuum vesselShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
2019 - A Wish List in Nuclear EnergyANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 10, 2019, 3:54PM|Will DavisWelcome to 2019! I hope everyone who took a break enjoyed it. For those who didn't, why didn't you? Initially, I had thoughts of trying to separate from social media and news to a significant extent during the holidays but, after conversations with Linda Zec (our wonderful ANS staff liaison for the Social Media Team, among many other things) decided that it was impractical to do so for a variety of reasons. So, as the holiday furor ebbed and flowed and I continued, still connected, to read news and year-end summations, I found myself wishing that there wouldn't be so much frustrating news in 2019. That's why I decided to open my eighth calendar year writing for the ANS Nuclear Cafe with a wish list, or "listicle" in the inside jargon, if you prefer. Here, in ascending order of importance (or, I suppose, increasing order of unlikelihood) are my five wishes for this new year in nuclear energy. (All on one screen; no annoying "next" buttons. You're welcome.)Go to ArticleTags:american nuclear societygen-ivjapankashiwazaki-kariwakepcomoon jae-innuclearnuclear powernuscalesmrsouth koreatepcounited statesv.c. summervogtlewill daviszeczero emissions creditShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Looking Back: A Brief History of CONTEANS Nuclear CafeJanuary 2, 2019, 2:37AM|Dr. Jane LeClairThe accident that occurred at Three Mile Island on March 28, 1979, brought about many changes to the nuclear industry. Among the changes was the industry stopping to reflect on current procedures and the training of its employees. Exhorted by the findings of the Kemeny Commission and sponsored by the Department of Energy, industry leaders and training personnel began meeting on improvements to training at the Gatlinburg Conference in the early 1980's.Go to ArticleTags:american nuclear societycareers in nuclearchinacontecountries around the globecybersecuritydepartment of energyengineeringetwddfloridafrancefukushimagermanyindiairanjapanmarch 28 1979nuclearnuclear newsnuclear technologyrussiasecuritysouth africasouth koreast. augustinethree mile islandunited kingdomunited statesShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Small Modular Reactors Take Large Step ForwardANS Nuclear CafeJuly 20, 2016, 12:03PM|ANS Nuclear CafeIn recent years the allure of small, flexible, easy to construct and operate nuclear plants incorporating small modular reactors (SMR) have continued to grow for a host of reasons. Here in the United States, we've watched the saga of the SMR unfold fairly slowly over the last few years, as companies have entered the fray to various levels of success and have achieved varied degrees of progress.* Now, the latest large step in getting these small and versatile reactors into the worldwide commercial market has been taken - by an effort involving Saudi Arabia and South Korea.Go to ArticleTags:small modular reactorssouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
PGSFR: An Advanced Fuel Cycle and Power Solution for KoreaANS Nuclear CafeJuly 7, 2016, 6:42PM|ANS Nuclear Cafeby Will Davis; information for this report obtained both from the 2016 ANS Annual Meeting session on Prototype Gen-IV Reactors and from representatives of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), its subsidiary Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Development Agency (SFRA), KEPCO Engineering & Construction,+ and Argonne National Laboratory.Go to ArticleTags:nuclear fuel cyclenuclear technologysouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
South Korea nuclear power: Are the dark times over?ANS Nuclear CafeFebruary 6, 2014, 4:57PM|Will Davis Hanul (formerly Ulchin) Nuclear Station at night. (Courtesy KEPCO E&C)Over the past four years, the South Korean nuclear power program has suffered a set of very public setbacks that cast doubt on the entire program's integrity, to the point where even the South Korean president's attention was directed at the enterprise, in addition to public support being damaged. A recent well-publicized realignment in energy policy has seen a reduction in the expected percentage that nuclear energy would contribute to South Korea's fuel mix, and in some quarters it was augured that the program had been crippled.Go to ArticleTags:apr1400khnpkoreaolkiluotosouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS's Mark Peters testifies to Congress on recycling used nuclear fuelANS Nuclear CafeJune 6, 2012, 7:05PM|ANS Nuclear CafeOn Wednesday, June 6, Dr. Mark T. Peters appeared on behalf of the American Nuclear Society before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Peters is the Deputy Laboratory Director for Programs at Argonne National Laboratory and testified at the invitation of the subcommittee.Go to ArticleTags:american nuclear societymox fuelnational laboratoriesnonproliferationnuclear fuel cycleplutoniumsouth koreaspent fuelspent nuclear fuel reprocessingShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Global nuclear markets regaining momentumANS Nuclear CafeApril 19, 2012, 6:00AM|Dan YurmanMore starts than stopsGo to ArticleTags:germanyindiasouth africasouth koreaunited kingdomShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Good and bad news stories for nuclear 2011/2012ANS Nuclear CafeMarch 22, 2012, 6:00AM|Jim HopfAfter giving a brief update on recent Fukushima-related events in the United States, I'd like to talk about some good (but relatively unpublicized) things that have happened during what has otherwise been a very challenging year for the nuclear industry. Then I'll discuss what, to me, was the most disconcerting story in the past year.Go to ArticleTags:dc perspectivedepartment of energyfukushimanuclear regulatory commissionsmall modular reactorssouth koreau.s. congressShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Transparent Radiation - A FilmANS Nuclear CafeDecember 7, 2011, 7:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeThe View from the PanelGo to ArticleTags:entergysouth koreaview from vermontShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Small Modular Reactors Competing Head to Head With Natural GasANS Nuclear CafeDecember 6, 2011, 7:00AM|Rod AdamsOn Thursday, December 1, 2011, the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) released a study titled Small Modular Reactors - Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U. S..Go to ArticleTags:economic benefits of nucleareducationsmall modular reactorssouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
A Study in Nuclear Success, A Review of “Nuclear Silk Road: The ‘Koreanization’ of Nuclear Power Technology”ANS Nuclear CafeOctober 13, 2011, 6:00AM|Robert MargolisAs part of the team that supported the startup of Yonggwang-3 and -4 (South Korea's first nuclear units, built in a technology transfer program with Combustion Engineering), I thought it long overdue to see a book that chronicled South Korea's journey from an impoverished nation to one of the world's leading players in the nuclear industry (e.g., South Korea has 21 operating reactors versus Germany's 17).Go to ArticleTags:chernobylpwrsreactor designssouth koreaShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook