Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju
Capacity
800,000drums
Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju is a repository facility operated by Korea Radioactive Waste Agency in South Korea. It has a capacity of 800,000 drums as of 2023.
South Korea's only disposal site, chosen in 2005 after a referendum in which Gyeongju volunteered, which followed nearly twenty years of failed siting attempts elsewhere. Rock silos took the first waste in 2015; a shallow land phase was completed in 2023. It takes low and intermediate level waste only, and Korea has no route for its spent fuel.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | Korea Radioactive Waste Agency |
| Country | South Korea |
| Capacity | 800,000drums |
| Figure applies to | 2023 |
| Note on the figure | final planned capacity in 200-litre drums, across silo and shallow-land phases |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 2015.0 |
| Coordinates | 35.7167, 129.4750 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world repository capacity cannot be stated.
Other repository facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad | 303,000m³ | construction |
| Yucca Mountain | 70,000tHM total | closed |
| Asse II | 47,000m³ | closed |
| Morsleben (ERAM) | 37,000m³ | closed |
| Onkalo | not disclosed | construction |
| Forsmark spent fuel repository (KBS-3) | not disclosed | construction |
| Cigéo | not disclosed | planned |
| Canadian deep geological repository | not disclosed | planned |
| Nördlich Lägern | not disclosed | planned |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | not disclosed | operating |
| SFR, Forsmark | not disclosed | operating |
| Olkiluoto VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Loviisa VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Centre de l'Aube (CSA) | not disclosed | operating |
| El Cabril | not disclosed | operating |
| Low Level Waste Repository, Drigg | not disclosed | operating |
| Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center | not disclosed | operating |
| Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk | not disclosed | construction |
| Beishan underground research laboratory | not disclosed | construction |
Sources
- World Nuclear News, Expansion of South Korean waste repository begins · retrieved 2026-09-06
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