Held a briefing session on “Korea’s Nuclear Power Plant Export Status and Future Strategy” for heads of diplomatic missions abroad.

[전남인터넷신문]Korea Electric Power Corporation (CEO Kim Dong-cheol, hereinafter referred to as KEPCO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a ‘Nuclear Power Plant Export Information Session’ at the KEPCO Art Center on Tuesday, April 23 for 25 heads of overseas embassies in major countries related to overseas nuclear power plant projects, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia. It was held.

This briefing session is significant in comprehensively reexamining customized order winning strategies for ordering countries by reflecting vivid local trend information from heads of diplomatic missions working on the front lines of diplomacy.

At this briefing, the current status of nuclear power plant construction, overseas nuclear power plant development status, and innovative small module nuclear power plant (i-SMR) were shared with heads of diplomatic missions abroad.

KEPCO explained the driving force, construction and operation status of the UAE nuclear power plant project, which KEPCO succeeded in exporting as the main contractor for the first time in Korea in 2009, and the status of development of the follow-up nuclear power plant project currently being promoted based on long-term accumulated experience and trust assets in the global nuclear power plant market.

In addition, there was an opportunity to share the development status and future plans for innovative nuclear reactors, one of the recent hot topics in the energy industry.

KEPCO President Kim Dong-cheol said, “Energy security issues and the decarbonization crisis can be a new opportunity for us, and we emphasized that close communication between overseas embassies and KEPCO is necessary to win orders for a second nuclear power plant, and we will actively promote our capabilities and advantages to countries adopting nuclear power plants.” “I ask the heads of diplomatic missions abroad to promote it.”

He emphasized, “Everyone in Team Korea must be thoroughly armed with the spirit of patriotism in energy and marshal all national capabilities so that we can once again resound with the victory of winning a nuclear power plant order in the UAE in 2009.”