NRC certification of APR1400 enhances its competitiveness, says KHNP official

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Certification by NRC of Korea's APR1400 reactor will enhance therndesign's ability to compete in the international nuclear market andrnpave the way for future construction of such units in the US, accordingrnto an official of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.rn"To get the local competitiveness in the market, we must get thern[NRC design] certification, to prove that we are capable ofrnconstructing," Yunho Kim, KHNP's project manager for APR1400 designrncertification, said October 1 in an interview at the American NuclearrnSociety's Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference in San Francisco.rnRegarding the possibility of future APR1400 construction projectsrnin the US, "of course at present, the nuclear energy market is not asrnstrong in the United States," Kim said.rnHowever, he said KHNP believes that in 15 to 20 years, or perhapsrnas early as 2020, that market "will pick up" and the APR1400 designrn"will get traction in the United States. So we are trying to get [NRCrndesign] certification now."