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Energy HD Hyundai, TerraPower to commercialize next-gen SMR

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., is deepening its partnership with TerraPower LLC, the US nuclear venture f...

Energy KHNP, Westinghouse end legal dispute; Korea nears Czech nuclear deal

South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said on Friday it has reached an agreement with US-based Westinghouse Electric Co...

Energy Korea bags Romanian project to refurbish nuclear reactor

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) on Thursday inked a final agreement with Romania’s Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) to r...

Energy Doosan Enerbility to supply TerraPower's SMR equipment

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it signed a contract with TerraPower to supply the equipments for small modular reactor (SMR).T...

Construction & Planning Hyundai E&C signs engineering deal for two nuclear reactors in Bulgaria

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has signed a nuclear power plant design contract with Bulgaria's state nuclear power ...

Energy Czech anti-trust body puts signing of nuclear power deal on hold

The Czech anti-trust body put a temporary block on the conclusion of a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) for the construction...

Energy South Korea to develop gas-cooled reactor with POSCO, SK, Daewoo

South Korea has embarked on a 44.5 billion won ($32.3 million) project to jointly develop an advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor with related domest...

Energy POSCO E&C, KAERI to collaborate on HTGR techs

South Korea's POSCO E&C said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI...

Energy Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...

Energy SK-backed TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear power plant in US

Bill Gates’ nuclear energy firm TerraPower LLC, backed by South Korean conglomerates SK Inc. and HD Hyundai Co., has broken ground on its firs...

Energy Hyundai E&C likely to win Bulgaria’s nuclear project

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) was picked as the preferred bidder for Bulgaria's new nuclear react...

Energy S.Korea to up the ante on small modular reactor foundry business

South Korea will nurture the small modular reactor (SMR) foundry business to revive the country’s nuclear power industry by rolling back the p...

Energy HD KSOE seeks to build nuclear power plant ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) is hastening to advance into the nuclear power plant ship market in collaboration wit...

Energy US court rules in favor of Korea's nuclear reactor exports

A US district court on Monday dismissed Westinghouse Electric Corp.’s lawsuit against South Korean state-run companies to block their nuclear ...

Energy HD Hyundai Electric wins $51 mn deal to power Neom megacity

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...

Energy Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors

Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...

Energy Daewoo E&C, KAERI to team up for nuclear tech research

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) announced on Friday that it signed a research collaboration memorandum of u...

Energy Westinghouse, KHNP seek licensing dispute arbitration

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...

Energy KHNP develops world's first accident monitoring system for nuclear reactors

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on Wednesday that it has successfully developed the Technical Specification Operator Support System...

Energy S.Korea to design proven type reactor of nuclear fusion power

South Korean government has initiated the design phase for a nuclear fusion power proven type reactor, taking a significant step toward harnessing n...

Energy NuScale to build Korea’s first SMR in Uljin, home to native Korean reactors

NuScale Power Corp. is expected to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) plant in South Korea in Uljin, already home to Korean native nuclear ...

Energy Samsung Heavy forms int'l consortium to make nuclear plants at sea

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Denmark's Seaborg Technologies on Friday announced their...

Energy S.Korea releases guidelines on development of small modular reactors

South Korea has released guidelines on the advancement of small modular reactors (SMR), a critical sector for the domestic nuclear power industry, u...

Energy Korea’s small nuclear reactor technology falls behind global peers

South Korea’s small-sized nuclear reactor technology has fallen behind other major countries due to the years of the previous government&rsquo...

Energy Korea Eximbank teams up with US small nuclear reactor firm

The Export-Import Bank of Korea said on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NuScale Power, a US company that develo...

Energy KHNP, Westinghouse in talks to resolve Poland reactor dispute

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Co. are in negotiations to settle their dispute over reactor design licensing, ...

Energy S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'

Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...

Perspectives Korea’s nuclear power: Ample export opportunities ahead

The recent energy crisis dealt a particularly hard blow to Europe given its heavy dependency on Russian gas. The world was once again awakened to th...

Energy Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. and its parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. are in discussion with Westinghouse Electric Corp. to share pr...

Carbon neutrality SK Group to display eco-friendly tech at next month's CES

South Korea's SK Group next month will display an extended range of carbon-reducing products and technologies at CES 2023, the world's largest exhib...