Doosan Chairman Park Jung-won at Doosan Enerbility Changwon Plant: "Nuclear Power Plants Must Be Perfectly Prepared for Quality"

Urging Active Efforts to Revitalize the Nuclear Power Ecosystem

Doosan Group Chairman Park Jung-won is inspecting the business status while looking at a nuclear power plant model in front of the reactor head at the Doosan Enerbility nuclear power plant in Changwon, Gyeongnam on the 15th. Photo by Doosan Group

Park Jung-won, Chairman of Doosan Group, visited the headquarters of Doosan Enerbility in Changwon, Gyeongnam, to inspect the nuclear power, wind power, and hydrogen business sites.

According to Doosan Group on the 16th, Chairman Park checked the preparation status of the nuclear power plant ahead of major domestic and international nuclear power plant projects the previous day, and inspected the production site of the main equipment for the 100MW Jeju Hallim Offshore Wind Power and the construction site of the hydrogen liquefaction plant.

Chairman Park, who first visited the nuclear power plant, emphasized to the management, including President Jung Yeon-in, regarding recent movements in the domestic and international nuclear power markets, "As major domestic and international nuclear power projects are becoming visible, we must be fully prepared to produce products of perfect quality at any time."

The government is accelerating the related procedures to promptly resume the construction of Shin Hanul Units 3 and 4. At the end of last month, Korea and Poland reopened the export path for domestic nuclear power companies by signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) for cooperation between companies of both countries and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between governments to establish a nuclear power plant development plan in the Pontnuf region of Poland. Additionally, in the small modular reactor (SMR) sector, Doosan Enerbility has shown swift progress by signing an agreement with U.S. NuScale Power and testing reactor module prototypes.

Chairman Park also emphasized efforts to revitalize the nuclear power industry ecosystem. He said, "As interest in Korea's nuclear technology is increasing worldwide, we must take pride and strive to exceed customer expectations with excellent products," adding, "To make good products, close collaboration with capable partners is crucial, so we must actively seek and implement measures to revitalize the domestic nuclear power ecosystem."

In June, Doosan Enerbility announced the 'Five Major Win-Win Plans for Nuclear Power Partners,' which include ▲work support ▲financial support ▲technology competitiveness enhancement support ▲future growth support ▲overseas expansion support.

Only a few countries worldwide, including Korea, France, Japan, Russia, and China, can manufacture main equipment for nuclear power plants. Doosan Enerbility, the only domestic manufacturer of nuclear power main equipment, has supplied a total of 34 reactors and 124 steam generators domestically and internationally with its partners. For Korea’s next-generation nuclear power plant APR1400, it supplies core equipment including reactors, steam generators, steam turbines, reactor coolant pumps, and instrumentation and control systems.

After touring the large-scale nuclear power equipment manufacturing site, Chairman Park spent a long time at the small modular reactor (SMR) workshop, which has recently attracted attention, inspecting cutting-edge materials and manufacturing technologies. In April this year, Doosan Enerbility signed an agreement with U.S. NuScale Power to start SMR production and is producing and testing reactor module prototypes. Doosan Enerbility plans to begin producing main materials for SMRs as early as this year and start full-scale production in the second half of 2023.

Chairman Park then visited the production site of 5.5MW offshore wind turbines to be supplied to the 100MW Jeju Hallim Offshore Wind Power project and the hydrogen liquefaction plant construction site, which is scheduled to be completed domestically for the first time in April next year. He said, "Let’s ensure that the company’s next-generation energy businesses prepared for the future proceed without any setbacks to contribute to the national energy supply."

During his visit to the business sites, Chairman Park particularly emphasized 'safety.' He urged, "Safety is the fundamental responsibility of the company and all employees," and added, "Above all, please prioritize safety in all work."

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