S. Korea offers to share atomic energy technology

South Korean government has expressed its will to share atomic energy technology and knowhow on running nuclear power facilities with other countries, the South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Monday.

According to the Yonhap, South Korean Science and Technology Minister Kim Woo-shik made the remarks during a keynote address at the 50th general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

About 20 commercial reactors are now running in South Korea and producing 40 percent of the country's electricity.

South Korea, which had received nuclear energy technology from the United States, Canada and France, can now design its own nuclear generators.

South Korea will do its part to prevent nuclear arms proliferation and contribute to ongoing efforts to stem global warming through better use of nuclear power, Yonhap quoted Kim as saying.

Source: Xinhua