4/12/2010 Colloquium - M. S. Yang
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M. S. YangKorea Atomic Energy Research Institute |
Event Info
Title: Nuclear R&D for Future Nuclear Energy Systems in Korea
Date: Apr 12, 2010
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm
Abstract
To secure energy supply and reduce CO2 emissions, in 2008, the Korean government decided to drastically increase its nuclear share from 36% in 2007 to 59% by 2030. Such an active nuclear program, however, will inevitably result in the production of significant quantities of spent fuel. Considering the area required to store this huge amount of spent fuel and the political and social hurdles involved in securing such an area, addressing this issue of spent fuel accumulation will be a key in achieving the sustainability of nuclear energy in the future. In order to meet these future challenges, Korea is developing an advanced nuclear energy system consisting of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) and proliferation-resistant pyroprocessing of spent fuel, together with other advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies. All of the R&D activities are carried out to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Korea, and they are undertaken with an active international collaboration.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Myung Seung Yang has been the President of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, known as KAERI, since November 2007.
Dr. Yang graduated from Seoul National University with a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1973, and attained a M.S. degree from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1975. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Technology from the Northwestern University in the USA in 1984.
Since joining KAERI in 1984, he has performed various researches in nuclear fuel and materials development, such as CANDU fuel development, DUPIC fuel cycle, and pyroprocessing technology development. Recently, he has been very interested in back-end fuel cycle researches including the evaluation of a proliferation resistance for a fuel cycle and international non-proliferation regimes.
He was the ‘Chairman of the Nuclear Materials and Fuel Division of the Korean Nuclear Society’, as well as the ‘President of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Korean Chapter’.
He is now the ‘President of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society’, a member of the ‘Korean National Academy of Engineering’ as well as a member of the ‘Standing Advisory Group for Nuclear Energy (SAGNE) of the IAEA’.
