The South Korean government has announced that construction of two plants at the Shin-Hanul nuclear power station will resume in 2025 and an application will be made next year so that Kori-2 can be operated beyond its service life.
Work on the Shin-Hanul-3 and Shin-Hanul-4, 330km from Seoul in the southeast of the country, was halted in 2017 under the nuclear phaseout policy of the previous administration.
According to press reports in South Korea, the government said approvals would be completed and contracts concluded by 2024 so construction of both Shin-Hanul plants can resume in the first half of 2025.
Former president Moon Jae-in’s policy had been to retire the country’s 24 commercial reactors, which supply about 30% of its electricity generation, and refrain from building new ones.
Work on the Shin-Hanul-3 and Shin-Hanul-4, 330km from Seoul in the southeast of the country, was halted in 2017 under the nuclear phaseout policy of the previous administration.
According to press reports in South Korea, the government said approvals would be completed and contracts concluded by 2024 so construction of both Shin-Hanul plants can resume in the first half of 2025.
Former president Moon Jae-in’s policy had been to retire the country’s 24 commercial reactors, which supply about 30% of its electricity generation, and refrain from building new ones.
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