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Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2026
- In Conjunction with KAP 2026

 

"Nuclear Energy for AI-powered World"

April 22-24, 2026 / Busan, Republic of Korea | BEXCO

Executive Committee Chair
HA JaeJoo
President
Pacific Nuclear Council (PNC)
CHUN Daewook
CHUN Daewook
Senior Executive Vice President & CFO (Acting President & CEO)
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)
Executive Committee
PARK Bockrae
PARK Bockrae
Executive Vice President & CNO
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)
KIM Hongyoun
President and Chief Executive Officer
KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering (KEPCO KPS)
KIM Taekyun
President and Chief Executive Officer
KEPCO Engineering & Construction (KEPCO E&C)
JEONG Changjin
President and Chief Executive Officer
KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KEPCO NF)
PARK Sanghyung
PARK Sanghyung
President & CEO
Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)
CHO Sungdon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD)
JOO Hangyu
President
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
KIM Jongdoo
President of Nuclear Business Group
Doosan Enerbility
Organizing Committee Chair
NOH Baeksik
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Korea Atomic Industrial Forum (KAIF)
Organizing Committee
KIM Namkyun
Vice President, Nuclear Power Business
KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering (KEPCO KPS)
PARK Sungsoo
General Manager, Nuclear Power Plant ICT Business
KEPCO Knowledge, Data & Network (KEPCO KDN)
KIM Dongwan
Team Leader, Nuclear Planning & Operation
Doosan Enerbility
PARK Hoyoung
General Manager, R&D Planning
KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KEPCO NF)
KIM Dongwook
General Manager, Nuclear Technology Administration
KEPCO Engineering & Construction (KEPCO E&C)
LEE Sungbok
Director, HLW Planning
Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD)
KIM Bumnyun
Professor, NPP Engineering
KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS)
LEE Heeyong
Co-CEO
JEIL Partners
RYU Jungdong
Vice President, Policy Development
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)
JUN Eunju
Director, International Strategy
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
PARK Yongkwon
Vice President, Global Nuclear Development
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
CHUNG Bunjin
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Kyunghee University
Technical Committee Chair
CHOI Sungmin
President
Korean Nuclear Society (KNS)
Technical Committee
KIM Hangon
President
Innovative Small Modular Reactor Development Agency
SHIM Hyungjin
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Seoul National University (SNU)
CHOI Kiyong
Senior Vice President, Nuclear Safety & Base Technology
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
SEONG Jeehyun
Professor, Nuclear & Quantum Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Track Leaders
Track 01: AI Applications for Nuclear Innovation
Leader ROK Yonggyun Yu Dr. KAERI/UST
Co-leader ROK Joongoo Jeon Assistant Professor POSTECH
Co-leader U.S.A. Ricardo Vinuesa Professor University of Michigan
Track 02: Advanced Reactors
Leader ROK Jin Young Cho Director KAERI
Leader ROK Hyoung Kyu Cho Professor SNU
Co-leader U.S.A. Chang-ho Lee Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Co-leader U.S.A. Su Jong Yoon TerraPower
Track 03: Water-Cooled SMRs
Leader ROK Sang Gyu Lim Director i-SMR Development Agency
Leader ROK Jee Hyun Seong Professor KAIST
Co-leader U.S.A. Gunayu Su Assistant Professor UC Berkeley
Track 04: Marine Nuclear Power
Leader ROK Jongwon Kim Ph.D. Lead Nuclear Engineer & Manager Samsung Heavy Industries
Co-leader U.S.A. Mayir Mamtimin Ph.D. Principal Engineer ABS, American Bureau of Shipping
Track 05: Innovative Operation and Maintenance
Leader ROK Bongyo Yun Director General KHNP
Co-leader U.S.A. Christine Lee Principal Technical Leader EPRI
Track 06: Nuclear Safety, Security, and Regulatory Compliance
Leader ROK Gyunyoung Heo Professor Kyunghee University (KHU)
Co-leader U.S.A. Fan Zhang Professor Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT)
Track 07: Modeling and Simulation
Leader ROK Soon-Joon Hong Ph.D. FNC TECH
Co-leader China Guangchun Zhang Associate Professor Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
Track 08: Nuclear Fuel and Materials
Leader ROK Dong-Jin Kim Ph.D. KAERI
Co-leader China Haixia Wang Ph.D./Professor, Deputy Division Director INEST, HFIPS, CAS
Co-leader Japan Hiroshi Abe Professor Tohoku University
Track 09: Waste Management, Spent Fuel & Decommissioning
Leader ROK Sungyeol Choi Professor SNU
Co-leader Japan Takumi Saito Professor University of Tokyo
Co-leader U.S.A. Haruko M. Wainwright Assistant Professor MIT
Track 10: Nuclear Hydrogen and Other Integrated Applications
Leader ROK Sangwon Lee Director KHNP
Co-leader U.S.A. Hasan Charkas Program Manager EPRI
Track 11: Public Acceptance, Human Resources and Knowledge Management
Leader ROK Ik Jeong Ph.D. KAERI
Co-leader TBD TBD TBD TBD
Track 12: Nuclear Economics and Policy
Leader ROK Jeongik Lee Professor KAIST
Co-leader U.S.A. Koroush Shirvan Professor MIT