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IFIA Magazine
March 2023

Korea should, he added, expand the use and
technological development of small modular
reactors (SMRs), as part of the government
initiative to put greater emphasis on nuclear
power as an energy source.

“Nuclear energy should be as permanent as
solar and wind power,” he said. “We cannot
take any technology off the table.”

The U.S. state of Texas, for example, can pro-
duce the highest wind and solar power of 20
gigawatts to 30 gigawatts of power, but there
are also days when it can generate none. This
is where, he said, the balancing of resources is
key, mostly using technologies to convert wind
and solar power to hydro energy.

“Coal will be gradually replaced by hydro and
battery-mediated power and another eco-friend-
ly tech. But in the meantime, we have to use
a balanced way of using energy. The future
of the energy market is not fuel-intensive but
material-intensive,” he said.

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