Korea must start building new permanent storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste as the current temporary storage at nuclear power plants will begin reaching saturation point in 2028, according to scholars and industry experts, Thursday.
The country s major refiners have pledged to invest a combined 6 trillion won ($4.5 billion) until 2030 in developing eco-friendly fuels to counter the environmental regulations that are increasing worldwide and improve a new growth engine for local oil companies and consumers, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Wednesday.