This Year's Nuclear Safety R&D Budget 40.2 Billion Won... Nearly 20% Decrease from Last Year

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission announced on the 11th that it will invest 40.265 billion KRW in nuclear safety research and development (R&D) this year.

On the 11th, the NSSC held the 189th NSSC meeting and approved the "2024 Nuclear Safety Research and Development Project Plan" containing this information.

This year's nuclear safety R&D budget has decreased by nearly 20% compared to last year's 49.716 billion KRW.

Among the current nuclear safety R&D tasks, the largest projects are the development of core technologies to ensure the safety of spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal, and the development of safety regulatory base technologies for small and medium-sized reactors. Each will receive 3.873 billion KRW and 6.78 billion KRW this year, respectively.

The project for developing response technologies to neighboring countries' nuclear activities has been newly allocated 1.5 billion KRW this year. For the development of marine environmental radioactive nuclide analysis technology in response to the Fukushima contaminated water discharge, nearly double last year's budget will be invested, totaling 2.96 billion KRW.

Budgets for projects such as the development of integrated safety regulatory element technologies, advancement of nuclear safety regulatory verification technologies, and core technology development to ensure the safety of spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal have decreased compared to last year.

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