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
