The three-year Czech and Korean R&D project No. TM02000039 „Examination and improvement of mitigation capabilities and strategies of operating PWRs and an APR series PWR against Design Extension Conditions„ was successfully completed by December 31, 2023. The project ran under the operational programme DELTA 2 financed by TAČR (Czech Technology Agency) and KETEP (Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning). The works on the project tasks brought together a group of specialists represented by the TES s.r.o. company and the Brno University of Technology on the Czech part and FNC Technology Co., Ltd, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. a KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School on the Korean part. The Czech engineering company TES s.r.o. was also involved as a leader of the project. The objectives of the TM02000039 project, related to the safety assessment of the current and new nuclear units of GEN III generation under Design Extension Conditions (DEC), were successfully realised over the period 2021 – 2023, in six phases. The Korean and Czech experts have established strong business and personal relationships and strengthen their specialist competences in the area of nuclear safety assessment under DEC. We thank all partners for successful cooperation and hope that the project outcomes and know-how concerning the Korean APR nuclear unit design will soon be widely used in future cooperation of the Czech and Korea partners, whether in the Czech Republic or abroad.
