Korea Radioactive Waste Agency
Korea Radioactive Waste Agency is a KOR company active in the nuclear fuel chain as repository.
Operator of the Wolsong disposal centre at Gyeongju, South Korea's only disposal route, sited by referendum in 2005 after nearly twenty years of failed attempts elsewhere. It takes low and intermediate level waste only; the country has no route for its spent fuel.
| Headquarters | Gyeongju, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Ownership | state |
| Roles in the chain | repository |
Position in the chain
Facilities
| Facility | Stage | Country | Capacity / output | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju | repository | KOR | 800,000drums | operating |
Korea Radioactive Waste Agency in context
Korea Radioactive Waste Agency has 1 facility on record in 1 country (South Korea): 1 operating. The oldest operating one was commissioned in 2015.
How these are worked out: shares and ranks use the world totals cited in the table, and only named companies are ranked (unnamed or country-level entries in a source are not). A facility with no stated capacity is counted as a facility but adds nothing to a capacity figure. Vendor figures count operating units where this company is the recorded reactor vendor; ages count from the start-up year on record, and build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the age and build-times pages.
Sources
- Korea Radioactive Waste Agency, company source
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
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