Yang-Hyun Koo

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What would be the best way to reduce the public's fear of radioactivity ("radiophobia')?

After the three big nuclear accidents (TMI, Chernobyl, Fukushima), radiophobia has become one of the most difficult obstacles to using nuclear energy. While many attempts have been made to resolve...

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What would be the future of nuclear industry?

It is typically said that an industry life consists of four cycles -- startup, growth, maturity, and renewal or decline. I think the nuclear industry is in the stage of renewal or decline. And...

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What should be studied to enhance the fuel safety of operating light water reactors (LWRs)?

One of the important R&D topics for fuel safety of operating LWRs had been loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and reactivity initiated accident (RIA), which would not lead to gross fuel melting. The...

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What would be the ultimate fate of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste?

As of now, Finland is the only country that officially licenses a deep geological repository for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste, which is expected to...

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