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Technological catching-up of nuclear power plant in Korea : The case of OPR1000
- Technological catching-up of nuclear power plant in Korea
- Lee, Tae Joon; Lee, Young-Joon
- Hannam University
| Title |
Technological catching-up of nuclear power plant in Korea
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| Sub Title | The case of OPR1000 |
| Material Type | Article |
| Author(English) |
Lee, Tae Joon; Lee, Young-Joon |
| Publisher |
[Deajeon] : Hannam University |
| Date | 2016 |
| Journal Title; Vol./Issue | Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy:Vol. 5(No. 2) |
| Pages | 24 |
| Subject Country | South Korea(Asia and Pacific) |
| Language | English |
| File Type | Link |
| Subject | Industry and Technology < Energy Industry and Technology < Others Government and Law < Public Administration |
| Holding | Hannam University |
| License |  |
Abstract
This paper presents how Korea succeeded in developing an indigenous nuclear power plant model over fifty years. Long-lasting national R&D for technical progress and the Korean government for managerial process were the two pillars in the build-up of indigenous Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) technological capabilities. The concept of technological capabilities is used to examine its evolutionary process with a qualitative and longitudinal approach. The government had a developing country ambition to formulate a strategic plan for technical self-reliance on nuclear power plant while establishing the country's institutions and organization structure for the plan. Under the government leadership, it was national R&D that led to the resolution of a good number of technological problems, efficiently, by absorbing imported technologies and effectively adapting them to local circumstances.
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