S. Korean-led consortium wins initial phase of U.S. research reactor project

A South Korean-led consortium has won a contract for the initial phase of a U.S. research reactor project.

The consortium is made up of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institution and Hyundai Engineering, as well as the U.S. nuclear power engineering firm MPR.

According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, the consortium signed a deal with the University of Missouri to conduct the initial phase of the Next Generation University of Missouri Research Reactor project.

With the deal, South Korea becomes the first country to reverse export technology in the field, 66 years after importing research reactors from the U.S. with TRIGA Mark-II in July 1959.