Relocation to Southeast Region Radiation Medical and Science Industrial Complex

Jung Jong-bok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of the Kosen Concrete Testing Laboratory on the 20th.

Jung Jong-bok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of the Kosen Concrete Testing Laboratory on the 20th.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] ‘Kosen,’ a nuclear plant specialized company in Gijang-gun, Busan, held an opening ceremony for the ‘Export New Research Reactor Concrete Testing Laboratory’ on the 20th at the ‘Gijang-gun Dongnam Region Radiation Medical Science General Industrial Complex.’


Kosen (CEO Youngha Lim) is a company possessing core technologies in quality inspection of domestic and international nuclear power plants and other plants, as well as concrete testing.


Located on a 2,981㎡ site within the Dongnam Industrial Complex in Jangan-eup, Gijang-gun, Kosen plans to start with the opening of the Export New Research Reactor Concrete Testing Laboratory (604㎡) and additionally construct Building B factory (1,200㎡).


About 100 people, including County Governor Jongbok Jeong, county council members, and officials from the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, attended the completion ceremony to celebrate Kosen’s new start in the Dongnam Industrial Complex and encourage company representatives.


Gijang-gun Governor Jongbok Jeong said in his congratulatory speech, “I am very pleased that a company like Kosen, which possesses core technologies in the nuclear power field, has settled in our Dongnam Industrial Complex,” and added, “I hope Kosen and Gijang-gun will grow together in the Dongnam Industrial Complex in the future.”


The Dongnam Industrial Complex is being developed on approximately 1.48 million㎡ (450,000 pyeong) in the Jangan-eup area of Gijang-gun with a total project cost of 428.7 billion KRW.



Within the industrial complex, major advanced national projects are underway, including the export new research reactor development project, construction of a medical heavy ion accelerator treatment center, establishment of a radioactive isotope fusion research infrastructure, and creation of a power semiconductor industry cluster, aiming to become Korea’s top specialized radiation medical and science complex.


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