Title: The Nuclear Power Sector in the Republic of Korea: Nuclear Materials Management Fuel Cycle Practices
1The Nuclear Power Sector in the Republic of
Korea Nuclear Materials Management/ Fuel Cycle
Practices, Plans and Policies
- Jungmin KANG
- CISAC, Stanford University
- 2006 AES Meeting
- Beijing, China, November 6-7, 2006
2Contents
- The ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
- Generation of spent fuels and storage capacities
in the ROK - Recent issues in the ROK spent fuel management
- Concluding remarks
3I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
- Figure 1. Nuclear power plants sites in the ROK
4I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Figure 2. Current and planned nuclear power
capacity in the ROK, based on the long-term
electricity plan in 2006
5I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Table 1. Current and planned nuclear power
capacity in the ROK
6I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Table 2. Number of NPPs in the current sites of
the ROK
7I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Table 3. Assumed cases for the conceivable NPPs
deployment scenario in the ROK
8I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Table 4. Assumed cases for the conceivable NPPs
deployment scenario in the ROK (cont)
9I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Figure 3. Installed nuclear capacity in the ROK
(case 1)
10I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Figure 4. Installed nuclear capacity in the ROK
(case 2)
11I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Figure 5. Installed nuclear capacity in the ROK
(case 3)
12I. ROK nuclear power plants deployment scenario
(cont)
- Figure 6. Installed nuclear capacity in the ROK
(case 4)
13II. Generation of spent fuels and storage
capacities in the ROK
- Figure 7. Projection of accumulated spent fuel in
the ROK
14II. Generation of spent fuels and storage
capacities in the ROK (cont)
- Table 5. Spent fuel inventories and storage
capacities in the ROK as of the end of 2004
15III. Recent issues in the ROK spent fuel
management
- Figure 7. Authority bodies regarding spent
fuel management in the ROK
( NEC is supposed to be established and have
its first meeting in November 2006)
16III. Recent issues in the ROK spent fuel
management (cont)
Table 5. Functions of the authority bodies
regarding spent fuel management in the ROK
17III. Recent issues in the ROK spent fuel
management (cont)
- The National Energy Committee (NEC), chaired by
the ROK president, established in November 2006,
will examine plans for the spent fuel management.
The Radwaste Management Division of MOCIE will
support the NEC for the work of the spent fuel
management. MOCIE appears has not shown much
interest in recycling spent fuel. - On the other hand, MOST has recently shown much
interest in recycling spent fuel, especially in
pyroprocessing. I think the operation of Rokkasho
reprocessing plants and GNEP influenced in
strengthening the MOSTs stance on the recycling
policy.
18IV. Concluding remarks
- The ROK should prepare an alternative to acquire
additional storage capacity its spent fuel as
pools of NPPs sites are running out of their
storage capacities roughly within a decade. - The newly established National Energy Committee
will evaluate alternatives and make policy
decisions for the long-term spent fuel management
in the ROK.