Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant is pursuing an on-site dry storage facility as its existing wet storage reaches 86% capacity and is projected to fill around 2030. The proposed facility would occupy 7,328 square meters at an elevation of 23 meters and store 4,810 spent-fuel assemblies in metal containers with concrete shielding designed for earthquakes, fires and floods. Residents and civic groups fear the installation could become long-term or permanent storage because no clear legal measure or timetable would compel the fuel's transfer to an interim or final repository.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power promised broader information disclosure and more specific funding standards for a civilian environmental monitoring body, but presented no concrete enforcement measure for delayed removal.