Seoul also expects significant rise in production
South Korea’s share of nuclear power in the energy mix will increase by more than four percent to 32.4% by 2030, the government has said.
Production is expected to increase from 24.7 GW to 31.7 GW between 2022 and 2036.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear share from South Korea’s 25 commercial reactors in 2021 was about 28%.
Production is expected to increase from 24.7 GW to 31.7 GW between 2022 and 2036.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear share from South Korea’s 25 commercial reactors in 2021 was about 28%.
The figures were cited by South Korean media based on the ministry of trade, industry and energy’s latest plan for domestic electricity supply. A public hearing on the plan is scheduled for 28 November.
The new nuclear target was first floated in August, when minister of trade, industry and energy Lee Chang-yang announced plans to increase nuclear share to 33% by 2030.
According to the government, increased nuclear production is realistic because it plans to resume construction of Shin-Hanul-3 and Shin-Hanul-4. In addition, there are plans to extend the life of some of its existing reactors.
Work on Shin-Hanul-3 and -4 stopped in 2017 as part of the previous administration’s nuclear phaseout policy.
