> South Korea already has 23 nuclear plants though [1], I wonder why they decided to go this route, perhaps easier setup and lower associated costs ?
Despite South Korea being among the only countries that can currently do successful large nuclear builds, South Korea's government is fairly anti-nuclear, reflecting fear of the public post-Fukushima [1]. This is really sad because the skilled workers and construction management expertise required to accomplish this are very rare, and this team could be instrumental in very rapidly decarbonizing the world if deployed strategically. S. Korea also has some of the best shipyards. Turning them into assembly lines for GW-scale nuclear plants (floating or embanked) is one of the more interesting ways to rapidly and cheaply build out terawatts of clean, safe energy [2].
Despite South Korea being among the only countries that can currently do successful large nuclear builds, South Korea's government is fairly anti-nuclear, reflecting fear of the public post-Fukushima [1]. This is really sad because the skilled workers and construction management expertise required to accomplish this are very rare, and this team could be instrumental in very rapidly decarbonizing the world if deployed strategically. S. Korea also has some of the best shipyards. Turning them into assembly lines for GW-scale nuclear plants (floating or embanked) is one of the more interesting ways to rapidly and cheaply build out terawatts of clean, safe energy [2].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/19/new-south-kore...
[2] https://news.mit.edu/2015/new-look-floating-nuclear-power-06...