Korean government noticed the rule of LTO requirements for the PWR power plants, Guideline of Technical Criteria for the Continued Operation of Reactors beyond Design Life in October 2005. HWR requirements are not declared but are under review on the basis of the same technical philosophy as the PWR approach. In order to fix HWR requirements for LTO, further discussion and communication is expected in Korean industry in near future.

Korean Industry expects that the HWR LTO rule will incorporate the experiences from PWR regulations and international HWR practices in the frame work of PSR. Application of lessons learned PWR regulatory experiences to HWR plants could be a strong point of Korean nuclear industry.