Orion ENC Succeeds in Localizing Essential Nuclear Decommissioning Equipment... Leading the Global Decommissioning Market

Orion ENC, a nuclear technology-based engineering company, announced on September 22 that it has successfully developed a mobile nuclear power plant decommissioning dust removal system with research funding support from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP).

The newly developed prototype is an "on-site real-time airborne dust treatment system." During the decontamination, cutting, and dismantling processes at nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities, the system immediately inhales airborne dust containing radioactive contaminants and removes it through a plasma aeration reactor using thermal decomposition. This blocks the spread of radioactive materials and fulfills the core management principles of nuclear power plant decommissioning.

Plasma thermal decomposition technology for radioactive waste treatment has been studied worldwide for more than 30 years. KHNP has also continued to develop technologies for the efficient treatment of radioactive waste generated at domestic nuclear power plants for the past 20 years. Orion ENC is the only company that received a technology transfer of plasma torch and related technologies from KHNP in 2021.

A representative from Orion ENC stated, "This is the result of advancing our plasma waste treatment technology, accumulated through research project support from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy," and added, "Thanks to two years of research and development and KHNP's full research funding support, we were able to succeed in commercializing the technology."

The representative further emphasized, "This achievement will serve as a turning point for the self-reliance of the domestic nuclear power plant decommissioning industry as well as securing competitiveness in the global decommissioning market," and continued, "We aim to position ourselves as a leading company in the global nuclear power plant decommissioning market, which is projected to grow to 500 trillion won by 2050."

Meanwhile, Lee Unjang, CEO of Orion ENC, signed a contract to acquire management rights of Adbiotech on July 25.

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