Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the "8th International Symposium on Safety Improvement & Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management" on November 10 in Gyeongju, held under the theme of “trust-building through policy implementation, technology and communication for safety management of high-level radioactive waste.”

 

Vice Minister Park gave a congratulatory message and awarded governmental commendations (ministerial) to contributors to radioactive waste policy development.

 

The event was attended by approximately 200 persons, including high-level radioactive waste experts from in and out of Korea, including Korea Radioactive Waste Agency President Cha Sung-soo and representatives of IAEA and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) .