IN KOREAN NUCLEAR POWER, IT’S NOT ONLY KIM JONG-IL WHO’S PUNCHING ABOVE HIS WEIGHT
October 1st, 2007
BY ANDREW SALMON, in Seoul
THE WORDS 'nuclear' and 'Korea' automatically conjure up images of Kim Jong-il's underground atomic weapons programs, but south of the heavily militarised border, it is South Korea that has quietly built up one of the world's most competitive nuclear industries.
The nation is currently constructing what the industry expects to some of the world's most advanced reactors, and South Korea may even become the first nation to fire up a third generation unit.
Currently, the nation's nuclear power generating industry, led by the Korea Hydro ...
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