"Samcheok City Residents Lose Appeal in Radioactive Waste Basic Plan Nullification Case"

Residents of Samcheok City filed an administrative lawsuit against the Nuclear Promotion Committee, requesting the annulment of the government's plan to temporarily store high-level radioactive waste at the nuclear power plant site, but they lost in the second trial following the first trial.

The Seoul High Court Administrative Division 9-2 (Presiding Judges Kim Seung-joo, Jo Chan-young, Kim Mu-shin) dismissed the appeal of 1,166 Samcheok City residents in the "Second High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Basic Plan Invalidity Confirmation Lawsuit" filed against the Nuclear Promotion Committee on the 15th.

In 2021, the Nuclear Safety Committee under the Prime Minister resolved the "Second High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Basic Plan." The residents of Samcheok City argued that, with no certainty on when the interim storage facility would be constructed, Samcheok would effectively serve as an interim storage facility for several decades according to the basic plan, and filed an administrative lawsuit in March 2022.

The first trial dismissed the invalidity confirmation lawsuit filed by the residents and Samcheok City, stating that "it is not subject to administrative litigation." Dismissal means the case is concluded without substantive judgment because the lawsuit requirements were not met.

Samcheok City and the residents appealed the first trial's ruling but Samcheok City withdrew the appeal on July 21 of last year.

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