South Korea's president announced on Oct. 22 that it would restart units at Unit 5 and 6 of the New Guoli nuclear power plant, hoping that the people would respect and accept the decision, but stressed that it would continue to pursue 'off-line' policies.
Korean media commented that the text in the Yin can be described as 'name' 'Lee' double income, both to maintain the campaign during the 'off nuclear' energy claims, but also through the social coordination to eliminate the controversy in the construction of nuclear power projects.
New Guoli 5, Unit 6 restart
In the election, she was committed to stopping the construction of the new Guli 5 and 6. However, taking into account the progress of the integrated project has reached 29.5%, and has invested 1.6 trillion won in funding, the Government finally decided to stop construction works from July 3 months, and in the form of democratic deliberations to discuss, let the public make public decision-making.
On 20 October, the public opinion commission responsible for public opinion released the result and suggested restarting the halted New Guri nuclear power plant, according to the survey, most people think that the policy of "de-nuclearization" is different from whether or not to suspend construction. In the fourth round of deliberations In the opinion polls, 59.5% supported the restart of two units and 40.5% supported the suspension of construction.
On October 22, Wen Ziyin said that the government has decided to accept the proposal of resuming work of the Committee on Public Comment as soon as possible to restart the construction of two units at the New Guri nuclear power project, and said that the government will provide follow-up measures and supplementary measures for the implementation of the Committee on General Comments, And steadily implemented the originally promised 'delinking' policy of energy transformation.
The units of No. 5 and No. 6 in New Guri, located in Weizhou County, Ulsan, were approved in June 2016 and were originally scheduled to be put into operation in March 2021 and March 2022 respectively. Both units were designed with South Korea's own advanced design PWR nuclear power unit APR-1400, installed capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts, design life of 60 years.
According to Korean media reports, South Korea's hydropower and nuclear power companies received notice of resumption of work, has sent experts to check exposed in the damp air of steel and other building materials without rust deformation and other security risks, is estimated to take about 1 month or longer.
The number of nuclear power stations will be reduced to 14 in 2038
In June this year, the text in Yurui nuclear power plant unit 1 unit permanent closure ceremony, said the full cancellation of the new nuclear power plant plan is being prepared, no longer extend the design life of nuclear power plants, 'permanently closed Guri nuclear power plant unit 1 is to go to nuclear power countries The starting point '.
At the end of August, Wen said in his reply to the joint work report of the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Land, Ocean and Land, it was reiterated that 'off-core' did not close the nuclear power units being used, but instead did not build new nuclear power units Operation of old nuclear power units.
On October 22, Wen re-stressed that although the construction of the new Guri unit was restarted, it continued to implement the 'off-the-core' policy, saying that South Korea would completely cancel its new nuclear power and stop the city in ensuring stable supply of energy Unit 1. However, the current number of nuclear power plants and power generation capacity is still increasing, the expected substantial reduction from the next government began.
At present, South Korea has a total of 24 nuclear power units in the country, to meet the country about 1/3 of electricity demand.According to Yonhap reported that South Korea plans to 2038 the size of nuclear power from the current 24 to 14, will cancel 6 Nuclear power plant new plan to prohibit the extension of the life of 14 old nuclear power plant, followed by 2017 in 24, 2022, 28, 2031 18, 2038 14 target phased reduction in scale, Yucheng nuclear power plant unit 1 Will be closed before considering the power supply situation.
It is understood that the Government will provide opportunities for participation in income-generating projects in areas where losses are due to 'devaluation' policies and to develop compensation programs for small and medium-sized enterprises for nuclear power.
About 60% of South Koreans agree with the government's policy of "nuclear delinking." 60.5% of respondents agree with the policy of no longer approving nuclear power plants; 29.5% of them oppose the policy of "going to nuclear power" 10% of respondents 'unclear'.
According to poll results of the Public Comment Committee, 53.2% of people want to reduce the proportion of nuclear power; 35.5% of people want to maintain the current proportion of nuclear power; 9.7% want to increase the proportion of Public Commission suggested that the government should move toward reducing the proportion of nuclear power Decision-making, and to develop a well-planned implementation as soon as possible to ensure the safety of units under construction, increase investment in renewable energy power generation.
Expand the proportion of renewable energy
As early as during the campaign, Wen has indicated that its energy claims - reducing South Korea's reliance on coal and nuclear power, emphasizing the transition to renewable energy, with the goal of increasing renewable energy from the current 1.1 percent to 20 by 2030 %.
At the end of August, Wen stressed: 'It is time to drastically adjust the national energy policy to create safe Korea, follow the trend of the world, reduce the nuclear power and coal, increase the proportion of renewable energy.'
October 20, South Korea's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Commerce officials said in an interview, the renewable energy policy is the government in the government's commitment to the election, will not be two nuclear power plant in the construction of the impact of the struggle, the government will be unswerving To promote energy transformation, to 2030 to increase the proportion of renewable energy power generation to 20%.
The South Korean government has set up a renewable energy policy consultation meeting involving the central and local governments, civic groups and the energy industry. It will seek to encourage local governments and local residents to take charge of the management rights of renewable energy power generation projects and relax the distance restrictions between the generating units and the adjacent buildings , And led by the government to solve the problem of location.
The South Korean government said it will shift from relying on coal and nuclear power to making more use of natural gas and renewable energy sources by setting the energy roadmap to be completed within this year and will place greater emphasis on public safety and technological innovation.
Korea's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry said the energy road map will meet the renewable energy target for 2030 by increasing investment in research and development and supporting industries, etc. For this purpose, the roadmap will detail the location of renewable energy projects such as solar and wind power And implementation steps.