Local Government Administrative Council of Nuclear Power Plant Sites Urges Prompt Enactment of the 'Special Act on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management'

On the 12th, Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, held the 32nd Administrative Council Meeting of Local Governments Hosting Nuclear Power Plants (Uljin-gun, Gyeongju-si, Gijang-gun, Ulju-gun, Yeonggwang-gun) at the National Assembly Members' Office Building and urged the prompt enactment of the "Special Act on the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste."

Administrative Council of Local Governments Hosting Nuclear Power Plants Urging Prompt Enactment of the 'Special Act on the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste'.

The meeting was attended by Son Byeong-bok, County Governor of Uljin-gun; Ju Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju-si; Kang Jong-man, County Governor of Yeonggwang-gun; Park Jong-gyu, Deputy County Governor of Gijang-gun; and Kim Seok-myeong, Deputy County Governor of Ulju-gun.

As the wet storage pools for spent nuclear fuel at nuclear power plant sites are reaching saturation, the urgent need for dry storage facilities and permanent disposal facilities has arisen. However, the "Special Act on the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste," which was proposed to address this issue, has not even received proper review in the bill subcommittee. Therefore, local governments hosting nuclear power plants have united to urge the prompt enactment of the special act.

Immediately after the meeting, a press conference was held at the National Assembly Communication Hall to call for the enactment of the special act, and a joint statement was released, including provisions to prevent the permanentization of dry storage facilities and to establish grounds for supporting local governments.

County Governor Son Byeong-bok stated, "We hope that the Special Act on the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste will be promptly enacted to legally prevent the permanentization of dry storage facilities and that the concerns of local residents in nuclear power plant areas regarding spent nuclear fuel will be resolved as soon as possible."

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