YangHyun KOO, PhD

Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea Korea, South

Vice President, Nuclear Fuel Technology, KAERI

Education

After the Fukushima accident, many countries have begun to develop accident tolerant fuel (ATF) for LWRs, including Korea, which could enhance fuel safety during accident conditions while maintaining performance and economy under normal operation. My division is actively working on several kinds of accident tolerant cladding and fuel candidates, some of which began to be tested in the Halden reactor of Norway from December 2015. Furthermore, spent fuel management is one of the most important issues to be addressed for the sustainable development of nuclear energy. To be specific, we should have some ways to deal with spent fuel that keeps piling up in the spent fuel storage pool. Recentl...