Strengthening Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel Processing Facilities... "Inspection Cycle Shortened to '1 Year'"
[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] The regular inspection cycle for facilities processing spent nuclear fuel generated from nuclear power generation will be shortened to one year.
The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission announced on the 26th that it held the 135th Nuclear Safety and Security Commission meeting and deliberated and approved the partial amendment ordinance of the "Enforcement Rules of the Nuclear Safety Act," which includes this content.
In this amendment, the existing regular inspection regulation stating that "spent nuclear fuel processing operators must undergo regular inspections at least once every two years" has been strengthened to "at least once every year."
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Currently, since spent nuclear fuel processing has not been fully activated in Korea, the amended regulation applies only to the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, which operates research facilities related to spent nuclear fuel processing.
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