Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special City Mayor, "Changwon Will Lead the Future Nuclear Industry"

Specially Invited as Opening Speaker at the '2024 Green Business Week'

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam, was invited to the ‘2024 Green Business Week’ held at COEX in Seoul on the 17th, where he gave the opening lecture at the Nuclear Society session titled ‘Global Carbon Neutrality and K-Nuclear Power Export.’

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, is giving a special lecture after being invited to Green Business Week.

Changwon Special City is the core city of South Korea's nuclear industry, with over 140 nuclear power companies concentrated around Doosan Enerbility, the country's only nuclear power main equipment manufacturer. In particular, Mayor Hong, known as a nuclear power expert, was specially invited as the opening speaker for the Nuclear Society session.

In his lecture titled ‘Changwon’s Role in the Re-advancement of South Korea’s Nuclear Industry,’ Mayor Hong introduced Changwon as ‘the city that will prosper South Korea through nuclear power’ and presented the vision of ‘Changwon, the World Nuclear Power Main Equipment Foundry.’ He also explained the current status of Changwon’s nuclear industry through a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and announced strategies for its re-advancement.

Domestic nuclear experts attending the session agreed that Changwon will lead the future nuclear industry and showed great interest in Mayor Hong’s lecture.

Mayor Hong stated, “At the beginning of the 8th local government term, the Changwon nuclear industry ecosystem was losing vitality due to the impact of the nuclear phase-out policy. However, as nuclear power is being re-evaluated worldwide as a carbon-free energy source, and with the export of nuclear power plants to the Czech Republic opening the door for K-Nuclear Power’s entry into the European market, the Changwon nuclear industry is dreaming of a re-advancement.” He added, “Changwon City will become the world’s best nuclear equipment manufacturing city in the future nuclear market.”

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