South Korea Builds Reactors Fast; Licensing Slows Them Down neutronbytes.com

Elliot Marsh of NeutronRise argues that South Korea’s shortage of nuclear safety reviewers and standards for advanced reactors could delay SMR licensing, despite strong designs and a track record of building large reactors. The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission expects advanced-SMR review standards by 2032, while developers plan permit applications in 2028–29; the government’s power plan targets about 700 MW of domestic SMR capacity by 2035.