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Jungmin Kang

Jungmin Kang, an independent consultant and South Korea’s member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, chaired South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in 2018.


Articles by Jungmin Kang

The Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Could an attack on Ukrainian nuclear facilities cause a disaster greater than Chernobyl? Possibly, simulations show.

By Jungmin Kang, Eva Lisowski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk
Idaho National Laboratory’s Fuel Conditioning Facility supports work to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a nuclear recycling technique called pyroprocessing. Photo Credit: Fuel Conditioning Fact Sheet, Idaho National Laboratory.

Why joint US-South Korean research on plutonium separation raises nuclear proliferation danger

By Frank N. von Hippel, Jungmin Kang | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk
Three Mile Island

Better nuclear fuel could reduce the likelihood and severity of nuclear power plant accidents

By Jungmin Kang | Uncategorized
South Korean submarine

South Korea’s risky quest to build nuclear-powered attack submarines

By Seoc Woo Kim, Jungmin Kang, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Urgent necessity: Direct dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang

By Elisabeth Suh, Jungmin Kang | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Reprocessing policy and South Korea’s new government

By Jungmin Kang, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

A nuclear South Korea would be a mistake

By Jungmin Kang | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Hot potato in South Korea: The spent nuclear fuel storage dilemma

By Jungmin Kang, Seoc Woo Kim, Byong-Chul Lee | Nuclear Energy

Where nuclear safety and security meet

By Duyeon Kim, Jungmin Kang | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Five steps to prevent another Fukushima

By Jungmin Kang | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

South Korea in focus: The politics of spent fuel storage and disposal

By Jungmin Kang | Uncategorized

The North Korean nuclear test: Seoul goes on the defensive

By Jungmin Kang | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion