Established a separate corporation… Selected in November, full-scale promotion of development projects from next year
[에너지데일리 송병훈 기자] The ‘innovative small module reactor (i-SMR) technology development project’ is being promoted in earnest.
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Jong-Ho Lee) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Chang-Yang Lee) have completed the preliminary feasibility study in June to promote the ‘Innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR) Technology Development Project’ in earnest from next year. It plans to establish a business group, and announced that it will openly recruit the head of the business group from October 18th to November 16th (30 days).
The ‘Innovative Small Module Reactor (i-SMR) Technology Development Project’ is a project to develop the next-generation SMR with competitiveness to enter the global SMR market in the 2030s. A total of 399.2 billion won will be invested for six years from next year to develop and verify core technologies and perform standard design.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy plan to establish a separate corporate-type project group for efficient management of the project, and plan to select a competent project group leader to manage the project overall. The term of office is 3 years, and can be reappointed within 3 years following the end of the term.
The project group head will be selected in November through a fair process such as written and presentation evaluation, and the evaluation process will comprehensively consider ▲professionalism and competency ▲vision and leadership ▲business promotion plan ▲project group operation and performance management plan.
Detailed recruitment procedures and schedules can be found on the website of the Ministry of Science and ICT (www.msit.go.kr) and the website of the Ministry of Industry (www.motie.go.kr).
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