Initial Approval For Expanded KORAD Repository In S. Korea Obtained

A year after the first 16 drums of waste was placed in Asia's first underground repository for low- and intermediate-level waste radioactive waste repository in the Gyeongju Province in South Korea, the country's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has approved of the repository's second construction phase, which will involve a surface-level facility intended to hold up to 125,000 drums of waste.(read more)