• Head of R&DB Foundation / Associate Professor

    Kim Yong-deog Major : Spent Nuclear Fuel Management, Nuclear Fuel & Structural Materials, Nuclear Fuel Performance Analysis

    +82-52-712-7368 ydkim@kings.ac.kr

Research ☞

1. Development of long-Term storage demonstration test technology for spent nuclear fuel (Funded by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea), 8/2021 ~ 10/2024 / Project Manager
2. Characteristic Inspection and Evaluation of PWR spent fuel for Dry Storage (Funded by KHNP), 1/2019 ~ 6/2023 / Project Manager
3. Evaluation of Surface Stress Improvement (SSI) Technologies for CISCC Mitigation of Spent Fuel Dry Storage System (Funded by EPRI), 9/2019 ~ 12/2021 / Project Manager
4. Development of Safety Assessment for PWR SNF On-Site Dry Storage (Funded by KHNP), 11/2016 ~ 5/2020 / Project Manager
5. Initial Characteristics Evaluation of Low Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel (Funded by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea), 3/2015 ~ 9/2019 / Assistant Project Manager

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, KINGS NPP Department (2024.10-Present)
• Director, KHNP Central Research Instirute, Daejeon (2012.6-2024.9)
• Adjuct Professor, Seoul National University (2024.3-2024.6)
• Vice President, Korean Radioactive Waste Society (2024.1~2025.12) 
• Vice Chair, Fuel Reliability Program, Electric Power Research Institute USA (2014.1-2024.9)
• Graduate Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge USA(2010.9-2012.5)
• Senior Resercher, Korea Electric Power Research Instirute, Daejeon (1997.1-2012.5)
• Secondee Research Staff, Norway Halden Reactor Project, Halden Norway(1999.5-1999.12)

Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley (2012.5)
• MS., Materials Science & Engineering, Hanyang Univ. (1997.2)
• BS., Materials Science & Engineering, Hanyang Univ. (1995.2)