Korea is set to regain its status as a global nuclear energy powerhouse after winning a series of construction and maintainence deals for nuclear power plants abroad over the past year, according to industry analysts Friday. President Yoon Suk Yeol has pushed to rebuild and nurture the nuclear power industry as the nation s main export item after scrapping the previous Moon Jae-in administration s anti-nuclear policies.
Korea s state-run energy firms and private entities are closer to winning a deal to build a nuclear waste treatment facility in Romania, according to market watchers, Tuesday. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Korea Electric Power Corp. Engineering & Construction (KEPCO E&C), Hyundai E&C and Samsung C&T have cleared a quality screening test commissioned by SN Nuclearelectrica S.A. (SNN), a partially state-owned Romanian nuclear energy company.