Mayor Hong Nampyo: "We Will Do Our Best to Foster the Nuclear Industry in Changwon"

On the 16th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held a special lecture and meeting with invited experts for businesspeople to prepare for the future market of the nuclear power industry and strengthen the cooperation system among local nuclear power companies.


The special lecture featured Jeong Beom-jin, President of the Korean Nuclear Society, and Park Hong-jun, Head of the Spent Nuclear Fuel Core Technology Development Project Group, who discussed domestic and international technology development trends and prospects in the fields of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and spent nuclear fuel storage systems.

Changwon Special City held a special lecture by nuclear power experts and a meeting with nuclear power companies.

Changwon Special City held a special lecture by nuclear power experts and a meeting with nuclear power companies.

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This lecture provided content helpful for companies to establish strategies for new markets and set directions for research and development, receiving enthusiastic responses from attendees.


In the subsequent meeting, discussions were held on forming a Changwon nuclear power company council to strengthen networks among local nuclear power companies and revitalize the nuclear power industry.


Changwon City plans to support strengthening the technological competitiveness of local companies by participating in national research and development projects based on the nuclear power company council, and also intends to use it as a communication channel to convey the voices of the industrial field to related organizations.



Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, “Changwon is an area densely populated with nuclear power-related manufacturing companies, and the nuclear power industry plays a key role in Changwon’s economy. We will create an environment for research and development and investment so that Changwon companies can maintain competitiveness 10 or 20 years from now, and we will do our best to foster the Changwon nuclear power industry through support policies to resolve corporate difficulties and continuous communication.”


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