Pyroprocessing is a way to change a solid material physically or chemically using high temperature. It is a dry process and very energy-intensive. The three sectors that use it most are cement-making, ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Can the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, one of the core issues of nuclear power generation, really be commercialized? The government has entered a ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Recently, following the approval of a Korea-US joint research report, controversy surrounding spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, namely 'pyroprocessing,' ...

Researchers at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) conduct pyroprocessing research. Photo provided by KAERI. The fate of 'pyroprocessing,' a technology for recycling spent nuclear fuel ...

The United States is unlikely to allow South Korea to use the "pyroprocessing" technology to recycle spent nuclear fuel even after a joint study is completed in 2021 because the technology will make ...

A spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, developed by the government over 20 years at a cost of about 680 billion won, is at risk of being abandoned. The original plan was to conduct the initial ...