The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducts an extensive evaluation of reactor technology before approving and ultimately licensing nuclear power plants. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.

The world’s first 1,400-MW Advanced Pressurized Reactor (APR1400), a South Korean Generation III design, has now been connected to the grid. Nearly eight years since construction kicked off in October ...

APR1400 reactors in the United Arab Emirates at Barakah, the first APR1400s built outside of South Korea. They supply approximately 25 percent of the UAE's electricity needs. Courtesy ENEC America's ...

Completion of unit 4 of the Shin Kori nuclear power plant has been delayed by ten months, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power has said. The APR1400 reactor is now expected to start up in September 2018.

South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission today gave Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power permission to begin operation of unit 4 at the Shin Kori nuclear power plant. Shin Kori units 3 and 4 ...

Employees of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) under the Nuclear Safety And Security Commission are suspected of systematically leaking core technologies of the APR1400 reactor. The APR1400 ...

The Japanese government is reportedly considering Westinghouse’s large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular reactors (SMRs) as strong candidates for its second phase of investment projects in ...

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation (KHNP) began installing a new reactor on Thursday at the Sinhanwool 2 plant inside the Uljin Nuclear Power Complex in North Gyeongsang, where the Sinhanwool 1 ...

Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) have been studied as a source of both electricity and heat for an array of cogeneration (cogen) configurations. These have included heat service for: (i) industrial ...