South Korea has launched a committee to help local companies win contracts to build nuclear power plants overseas amid renewed interest in nuclear power in Europe due to energy shortages.
The move came as the government in Seoul is pushing to rebuild the nuclear industry in a reversal of the preceding liberal administration's nuclear phaseout policy.
The committee is made up of 30 specialists from nine government ministries, public institutions, the private nuclear industry and academia. According to press reports in South Korea, minister of trade, industry and energy Lee Chang-yang has already chaired the first meeting
The move came as the government in Seoul is pushing to rebuild the nuclear industry in a reversal of the preceding liberal administration's nuclear phaseout policy.
The committee is made up of 30 specialists from nine government ministries, public institutions, the private nuclear industry and academia. According to press reports in South Korea, minister of trade, industry and energy Lee Chang-yang has already chaired the first meeting
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