Why Gates’ visit matters for Korea’s SMR ambitions

Bill Gates’ latest trip to Seoul has drawn attention to a potentially bigger role for South Korea in the fast-growing global market for small modular reactors. During his visit last week, the TerraPower founder met senior government officials and the heads of SK Group and HD Hyundai. TerraPower also signed a series of new agreements that pulled Korean firms deeper into the US nuclear developer’s supply chain. SK Innovation, South Korea’s largest refiner, signed a preliminary agreement to jointly

By The Korea Herald