1. Gyunyoung Heo Dept. of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering in KAIST KOREA
8th Nuclear Energy Symposium in Japan, 15~16 March
Dialogue with Young Scientists for Sustainable Development of Future Nuclear Energy in Asia-Pacific Region
Gyunyoung Heo
Dept. of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering in KAIST
KOREA

2. Is nuclear power really necessary in your country ?
My conclusion is
Nuclear will be an indispensable choice for a long time.
Nobody can propose any alternatives for a long time. Later somebody may can.

3. Influence of Education

4. Isn’t it my biased opinion?
It’s me.

5. alternative energy national security Two premises National security
Depletion of fossil-fuel
We must find sources which guarantee first of all.
alternative energy
national security

6. Korea’s national security
Energy import: 97.3%
Oil inventory: 3 months
Nuclear inventory: 3 years

7. Technology must be in time.
Nuclear is today’s hope.
Alternative energy is tomorrow’s hope.
Our role is to include nuclear energy into alternative energy by increasing public acceptance and safety.

8. If really clean & reliable energy sources appear?
Technologies never die, they just fade away?
No! they are transformed.
The role of nuclear energy will not disappear.

9. What kind of future is waiting for us?
World-wide forecast
Fossil-fuel crisis, ~2015
Commercialization of H2, ~2020
Young scientists must make ‘nuclear identity’.
Reliability, diversity, and advertisement

10. What would be “dreams” for young scientists?
World-wide anti-theme
Life cloning
Nuclear energy
We need
a sense of responsibility,
self-confident manner,
wide and deep knowledge.