South Korea will hold public consultations to find a solution to its growing stores of nuclear waste from its power plants. Existing storage areas for spent nuclear fuel rods from its 23 reactors will fill up in the next four to nine years, and arrangements for either reprocessing spent fuel or exporting the waste would need US approval.
South Korea plans to add another 11 reactors in the next 12 years to bring its nuclear capacity up to 50 per cent of its power production, but the industry has hit a snag recently with the discovery of forged certificates for parts in its nuclear facilities as well as tiny cracks in some concrete pipes. Two of its reactors are shut pending safety inspections and repairs.
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