Honam Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry "Regret over the Failure to Attract the Synchrotron Accelerator to Naju"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The chairpersons of the nine chambers of commerce and industry in the Honam region (Gwangju, Jeonju, Iksan, Gunsan, Southwest Jeonbuk, Mokpo, Yeosu, Suncheon, Gwangyang) expressed concern and regret on the 15th over the failure to attract the synchrotron radiation accelerator to Naju, a wish of more than 5,600 companies in the Honam area.

In a statement, the Honam chambers of commerce and industry said, "On the 8th, it is unacceptable that Naju, which had excellent site conditions, was eliminated in the site selection evaluation for the multipurpose synchrotron radiation accelerator by the Ministry of Science and ICT. This is inappropriate not only in terms of national balanced development but also from the perspective of a national facility dispersion strategy to prepare for disaster risks."

The chairpersons urged, "Please disclose the selection process and evaluation criteria for the synchrotron radiation accelerator and establish new evaluation standards that assign the same weight to national balanced development and geographical conditions." They also called for "the additional construction of a synchrotron radiation accelerator in the Honam region, which has strengths in energy, bio, and automobile industries, as the synchrotron radiation accelerator construction project is a national project supporting industrial R&D in various fields."

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