S.Korea’s nuclear regulator keen to share knowledge

South Korea’s top nuclear regulator sees an important role in sharing their safety knowledge along with the plants it is exporting as Europe and Asia revisit nuclear power to meet carbon emissions goals and ensure energy security.
Since President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May, South Korea – with 24 operating reactors and decades of nuclear power experience since 1978 – has heightened efforts to export nuclear plants.
Since August, the country has won contracts to potentially build up to eight nuclear power plants in Egypt and Poland. With those technology exports comes a responsibility to help the countries develop the regulatory and safety rules to operate them, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Chairperson Yoo Guk-hee told Reuters.
In August, South Korea was awarded a 3 trillion won ($2.12 billion) order to help build four nuclear plants in Egypt.