South Korea's Multi-Pronged Approach To Boost Nuclear Energy

South Korea’s new president wants to put South Korea back on the map as a nuclear energy superpower. Incumbent President Yoon Suk-yeol’s pro-nuclear agenda stands as a stark reversal from the stance of Korea’s last president Moon Jae-in. President Moon, who left office last month, had planned to phase out nuclear power entirely.  As part of his nuclear turnaround, President Yoon plans on extending the life of working reactors, bringing existing dormant reactors online, and building new nuclear energy capacity. Two reactors…