Immediately after the first inter-Korean summit in 2018 (April 27), the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy staff created a document reviewing the North Korean nuclear power plant support plan, and controversy spread over the background. It turns out that they made a report that analyzed them.
On the 1st, Rep. Young-Seok Yoon released a report on’North Korea’s Energy Status and Natural Gas Business Cooperation Plan’ submitted by the Kookmin University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Director Joo-Heon Cha, Professor of Mechanical Engineering). In July 2018, KOGAS commissioned a research service (project cost of 51 million won) to the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and received a report in December of the same year. After the Ministry of Industry prepared a document related to the North Korean nuclear power plant in May 2018, a similar project was undertaken by a public corporation under the Ministry of Industry.
President Moon Jae-in sits face to face with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Dobo-ri in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. Central photo
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The report stated that President Moon Jae-in suggested the East Asian energy community at the Liberation Day celebration in 2018, and stated that “the expectation for the energy industry cooperation between the two Koreas is increasing.” In the meantime, when constructing a new power plant in North Korea, the appropriate power source (energy source) was analyzed by dividing it into non-bituminous coal, oil, nuclear power, and gas.
He pointed out that “there is good fuel and facility investment costs, but there is a problem of air pollution” with regard to non-bituminous coal (thermal power) and petroleum, and concluded that “environmentally friendly but the pipe network is rigid” for gas. In particular, the report reviewed the plan to build nuclear power plants in North Korea, and pointed out the advantages of ▶ fuel cost reduction, low operating cost ▶ suitable for North Korea’s self-reliant economic route ▶ possible joint management of radioactive waste between the two Koreas. On the other hand, the disadvantages include ▶ large-scale facility investment ▶ no capacity for current North Korean power facilities ▶ politically sensitive.
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Young-Seok Yoon, Representative of the People’s Power. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
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Regarding the government’s role in the Korean gas corporation’s advance into North Korea, it is necessary to relate and highlight the issue of North Korean fine dust passing to South Korea through academic journals and the North Korean energy problem so that the government’s measures for fine dust can include the North Korean energy problem. “Do it”.
Rep. Yoon said, “It is not a coincidence that the UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea, and the public corporations affiliated with the Ministry of Industry reviewed the plan to build a power plant in North Korea, including nuclear power plants,” said Rep. Moon Jae-in. “We must disclose what was contained in the USB handed over to the chairman of the State Council.” Regarding this, the KOGAS side explained to the lawmaker’s office that “it was a basic study to understand the current situation in North Korea, and there is no specific political background.”
Reporter Hyun Il-hoon [email protected]
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