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Nuclear Issues in South Korea

Nuclear Issues in South Korea. Introductory Brief of Spent Fuel Management Reform & Nuclear Power Debates in South Korea Kwanghoon Seok, Green Korea United 27 th , September, 2007 CNIC Office in Tokyo. Introduction of myself. Worked for Green Korea since 1996

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Nuclear Issues in South Korea

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  1. Nuclear Issues in South Korea Introductory Brief of Spent Fuel Management Reform & Nuclear Power Debates in South Korea Kwanghoon Seok, Green Korea United 27th, September, 2007 CNIC Office in Tokyo

  2. Introduction of myself • Worked for Green Korea since 1996 • Policy consultant for Energy NGOs in Korea • Energy Subcommittee member for Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development (2002~) • Board Member of Korea Institute for Nuclear Nonproliferation Control (2006~) • Nuke power & waste subcommittee member for National Energy Commission (2007~) • Interested in energy market reform, nuclear liability management reform & proliferation issues

  3. What happened in waste issues in South Korea? • NGOs urged SF policy reform after Buan • ILLW repository decided at MUS$300 • Activists mentally shocked at the result • Spent fuel issue decoupled from ILLW • MoCIE submitted RWM law to parliament • KHNP resisted to pay back waste fund • MoST tried to defend Atomic Energy Law

  4. PCSD’s initiative in the law • “KHNP should pay back fund for SF management & disposal (4thrillion Won = B￥494) within next 10years”(PCSD) • KHNP insisting the payback deadline should be extended to the next 20years • “Its financing will be tight from 2010 to 2015 due to new nuclear builds”(KHNP)

  5. Growing Deficit of Nuclear Liabilities in KEPCO Source: KEPCO’ Consolidated Financial Statement, June 2007, ★1 Trillion Won = B￥123

  6. Details of Nuclear Liability Deficit in KEPCO Source: KEPCO’s Consolidated Financial Statement 2007, Unit: 100 million Won = M￥12.3

  7. Nuclear Liability Fund Management in OECD Source: OECD NEA 2006

  8. Countries with and without LILW Repository Source: Authors’ elaborate from UN Demographic Yearbook 2001

  9. What happened in NPP issues in South Korea? • NGOs lost Shin-Kori units 1~4 battles • KHNP sacrificed Shin-Wolsong 3~4 for the LLW repository site in Kyeong-ju • Kori-1 life extension issued, NGOs involved • KHNP prepares Wolsong-1 extension under surface but NGOs are not interested in • Anti-nuke NGOs lost their initiative to labor unions in energy market reform debates

  10. What’s going on in SF issues? • KHNP lobbying Parliament to stop the law • MOST defending its existence, emphasizing AFCI & GNEP corporation with US DOE & US national labs. • MOCIE pushing the law but compromising • MOCIE indicated it may drop out centralized storage option due to technical advance • NGOs losing their focus in SF issues & may return to simple Anti-nuke campaign

  11. What’s going on in NPP issues? • Life extension plan of Kori-1 is under investigation of safety institute(KINS) • KHNP made Wolson-1 refurbishment contract(MUS$300) with AECL in 2006 • KHNP’s nuclear economics is challenged by National Energy Commission’s nuclear power subcommittee

  12. National Energy Commission • Energy NGOs proposed to Parliament in 2005 • Refused once but accepted by MoCIE in 2006 & launched in 2007 • Commissioner is President, 25 members are from GOs, NGOs & Universities • 4 Subcommittees devote detail discussion; Policy, Technology, Resource Development & Conflict Management(notably Nuke Power & Waste)

  13. Abbreviations • KEPCO=Korea Electric Power Co., Ltd. • KHNP=Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, One of Subsidiaries of KEPCO • SF = Spent Fuel • ILLW=Intermediate & Low Level Waste • PCSD=Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development • MoCIE= Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy • MoST = Ministry of Science & Technology

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