The government of South Korea is planning to hold public consultations in order to address the issue of storing nuclear waste from its power plants.

Experts say that the storage areas for the spent nuclear fuel rods will be filled up in the next four to nine years. The country operates 23 reactors and it is facing the problem of storing the used fuel following the recent nuclear disaster in Japan. A committee comprising experts, NGOs and residents living near nuclear plants will be found and it will look into the matter of how to store spent fuel from the growing number of reactors.

The government will require an approved from eth US government if it decides to either reprocess or exporting the waste. The country is planning to build another 11 reactors in the next 12 years in order to meet the target of generating up to 50 per cent of its power from nuclear sources.

The company's nuclear industry is also facing the issue of forged certificates for parts in its nuclear facilities. Experts had also found cracks in some concrete pipes and two reactors in the country have been shut down pending safety approval.