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South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Establishes Pre-Review System for SMRs to Accelerate Licensing
Recently, South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) officially launched a preliminary review system for small modular reactors (SMRs). This pre-licensing channel, established as new legislation, stems from the previously passed amendment to the Nuclear Safety Act and is designed to build a procedural bridge between early-stage reactor design and the highly rigorous formal licensing stage, thereby comprehensively streamlining the commercialization development process for SMRs. The preliminary review will be conducted before the submission of a formal construction permit application, focusing on assessing whether various design concepts and technical blueprints can pass final safety justification, and identifying potential technical blind spots at an early stage. By...
2026-11-14
South Korea Amends Nuclear Safety Act to Clarify Safety Responsibilities of Nuclear Facility Operators
The National Assembly of South Korea passed a partial amendment to the Nuclear Safety Act at its 438th special session on August 20, marking the first time that nuclear-related business operators' primary responsibility for nuclear facility safety has been explicitly established at the legal level. This move signifies that South Korea's nuclear safety management system will further transition from a licensing and regulation-centered approach to a responsibility system aligned with the safety principles of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The amendment was proposed by South Korean lawmaker Oh Se-hee. Prior to the revision, South Korea's Nuclear Safety Act primarily established safety standards and regulatory procedures around reactor construction and operating licenses, nuclear material use, and radioactive waste management facility operations, but lacked...
2026-08-21