Hanhyewon Obtains First Commercial Loading License for Korean-Style Nuclear Fuel... "Expecting Enhanced Export Competitiveness"
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on the 26th that it obtained the license for 'commercial loading of Hanul Units 5 and 6 indigenous nuclear fuel, HIPER16' following the review at the 191st Nuclear Safety Committee held on the 22nd. Accordingly, nuclear fuel assemblies developed with domestic technology can now be used in domestic nuclear power plants. Furthermore, supply to overseas nuclear power plants has also become possible.
The Korean-type nuclear fuel HIPER16 is a nuclear fuel assembly that enhances safety, including seismic performance, and reduces the possibility of fuel damage. KHNP plans to commercially load HIPER16 for the first time in Hanul Unit 5 in August, obtain the operation change license, and then sequentially expand its application to OPR1000 and APR1400 nuclear power plants.
The localization of nuclear fuel assemblies was selected as a national strategic task to secure original technology. KHNP and Korea Nuclear Fuel (KNF) started development in 2005 and completed the HIPER16 technology development in 2010. Since then, from 2011, pilot assemblies were loaded in Hanul Unit 6 for performance testing, and the commercial loading license was applied for in 2018.
KHNP expects that HIPER16 will contribute not only to improving nuclear power plant safety but also to enhancing the competitiveness of nuclear power plant exports developed with domestic technology. It is also expected to become the basis for accident-tolerant fuel, which is a requirement of the European and Korean Green Taxonomy.
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Hwang Ju-ho, President of KHNP, said, "The Korean-type nuclear fuel HIPER16 developed with domestic technology will be the foundation for improving nuclear power plant safety and nuclear power plant exports. We will continue to promote safe nuclear power plant operation and the project to secure domestic original technology."
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