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On September 30, the International Conference on the Nuclear Industry was held in San Francisco, United States. The conference room had received a standard design approval issued by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on September 28, two days before the APR1400 on Korea. It was a news that the national nuclear system was anticipated. Attend the conference Korean experts reported the news in Korea via SNS. The NRC certification is a "security certificate" issued by the US government for the construction of the APR1400 in the United States. The Korean government said the nuclear reactor was unsafe and the US NRC verified that the reactor was safe.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, owner of the APR1400, only sent a press release to reporters on Oct. 4. I added a reference sheet and a certificate photo to the one-piece press release. The news has not been processed in the Central General Daily at all. This is a problem, but KHNP feels uncomfortable facing this news.

In 2009, KHNP received a major check from the French company "What do you believe in Korean technology" during the ordering process of the Baracas nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates in 2009? It was imperative to resolve Korean technology issues. After four years of preparation, he applied for NRC certification in 2014. 11,000 pages of this document and 51 detailed technical documents. Since then, NRC has been responsible for investigations more than 2,000 times in 42 months since its launch in March 2015. In some cases, a new experiment was needed. NRC experts visited the country and checked the site. She has been certified through these six stages and left only the process of legalization.

Three of the third- and third-generation nuclear reactors received NRC certification for two of the Westin House AP1000 and GE-Hitachi ESBWR reactors. This is the first foreign technology. The ESBWR model has the same basic structure as the Fukushima nuclear power plant, so it is difficult to wait for actual orders. Japan Mitsubishi began NRC certification work in 2007 with an improved pressurized water reactor (APWR), but has not yet succeeded. The French Areva challenged the US-EPR in 2007 but gave up its decision in 2014. The evaluation of the measurement control system was not surpbaded.

The first nuclear reactor ring 1 in Korea, completed in 1978, was a turnkey construction. Westinghouse, in the United States, oversaw everything from design to purchasing materials, construction and commissioning. Korea gained technological independence in 1986 when Hanvit's No. 3 nuclear power plant was commissioned at Converse Engineering (CE). When the global nuclear industry was cooled by the Chernobyl accident, only the EC agreed to transfer the technology. In 2005, the Korean standard nuclear reactor OPR1000 was completed thanks to the efforts of more than 50 researchers sent to the EC at that time. Nuclear technology has been introduced in the United States.

The Korean nuclear industry focused on the UAE nuclear power project in Baraka based on air (construction period) and budget. On the other hand, the Finnish Orkut Otto 3, which was due to be completed in 2009, was postponed to 2019. Business expenses, which rose to 3.2 billion euros, reached 5.5 billion euros. Areva has thus unveiled its nuclear power plant division, which is facing financial difficulties and has merged with EDF. Westinghouse USA has decided to build two 3-generation AP1000 nuclear power plants in the Vogttle and Summer nuclear power plants, but abandoned Summer's power station last July due to broadcast delays and increased costs. The cost of the project increased from $ 6.1 billion to $ 14 billion due to deferral. Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy last March. In 1979, after the accident at the Three Mile nuclear power plant in the United States, power plants collapsed in supply and labor supply ecosystems in part. In addition, the shale gas outbreak has accumulated and the nuclear industry is struggling.

In Korea, nuclear power costs only half that of the United States and France. The Shinryori 3 unit equipped with the APR1400 demonstrates stable operation. We have proven our ability with NRC certification. The problem is the politics of the pre-war period. The government says nuclear power plants and nuclear power plant exports are separate. However, in Korea, it is said that it will not do for safety, and other countries do not say that it is a defective product and will sell it to others.

APR1400 reactor installed in the first Baraka nuclear power plant exported by Korea

The APR1400 reactor is installed in front of Korea's first nuclear power plant, the United Arab Emirates, Barracay. This is the third generation nuclear power plant developed by our technology. The APR1400 is the first to be installed in the Shin-Kori 3 unit put into service in December 2016 and will be installed in Shin-Kori units 4, 5 and 6 and Shinhan Hanwool units 1 and 2. It was planned to install the APR Plus, an APR1400 of 3 generations and more that was to be built at Yeongdeok, in Gyeongsangbuk-do.

Baraka Unit 1 is expected to enter commercial service next year. The Baraka nuclear power plant is presented as a global enterprise ranging from construction to operations management. Construction contracts for units 1 to 4 amounted to $ 18.6 billion (approximately 20 trillion won) and operating and maintenance costs for the life of the facilities were 49.4 billion. billions of dollars (about 54 trillion won). If you supply parts and fuel for 60 years, you can get 10 trillion won again. It is a vast export project with a total size of 90,000 billion won. Currently, 2,800 employees of KHNP and related companies are sent to Baraka Won.

8,800,000 homes obscure Taiwan's nuclear power plant … 24th National Energy Vote

Taiwan is due to hold a referendum on Thursday, Taiwan announced the closure of the six nuclear power plants by 2025. Already two of them have entered a permanent suspension. In Taiwan, frequent earthquakes are the backbone of the nuclear power plant. However, after 8.28 million households suffered a dangjeon due to the closure of the LNG plant last August, the reaction against the nuclear power plant intensified. The referendum will accompany the local elections and the results are difficult to predict.

According to the Congress of the Nuclear Industry of Korea, 454 nuclear reactors are active in 31 countries in the month of August this year. There are 56 construction projects in 18 countries. Russia exports the most nuclear power plants. Russia has 37 nuclear power plants and 6 plants are under construction. The VVER1200 of the state-owned company Rosa Thom went into commercial operation in 2017 with a 3+ generation plant. Rosatom has 34 projects under construction in 12 countries.

China has 43 nuclear power plants and 14 are under construction. China plans to operate more than 100 aircraft by 2030. The Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Generating Station, a Generation 3+ nuclear power plant, is under construction in Sanman and will soon be operational. EPR, the 3rd generation nuclear power plant in Areva (France), also manufactures two. China has developed the improved CAP1400 based on AP1000 technology and has managed to develop Hwalung No. 1 as a third generation nuclear power plant with its own concept. China has successfully entered the Pakistani market with its Hualong # 1 model and is continuing the same model before Bradwell B in the UK. Kenya, Egypt and Argentina.

Most nuclear plants in the world are second-generation nuclear power plants. Our APR1400 is the third generation nuclear power plant entered in the second operation after Russia VVER1000. In the second-generation nuclear power plant, the probability of a serious accident is "10,000 times higher than that of the same year", while the third-generation nuclear power plant aims at "100,000 times the same year". The AP1000 in the United States, the French EPR and the Russian VVER1200 are clbadified in the 3+ generation with a pbadive safety system in which the cooling system works even in case of power failure.