Korea's Seven SEED Projects

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Where it stands: South Korea approved a ten-year, ₩1.4813 trillion accelerated-fusion project for 2027–2036 and a four-year, ₩317.3 billion marine molten-salt reactor project for 2027–2030; fusion and MSR are key fields in its Seven SEED Projects. The fusion work covers plasma, superconducting magnets and materials and a demonstration center; the MSR project targets decarbonized shipping. Watch the 2027 launches, the center's site, further SEED-field budgets, and what replaces the pre-feasibility-study gate.

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• 2026-11-05
  South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT, in national R&D preliminary feasibility reviews, approved a ten-year, ₩1.4813 trillion (about $1.07 billion) accelerated-fusion project (2027–2036) to upgrade core plasma, superconducting magnets and fusion materials and to establish a fusion energy core technology demonstration center, plus a four-year, ₩317.3 billion (about $229 million) marine molten-salt reactor project with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (2027–2030) aimed at decarbonized shipping — with the ministry naming fusion and MSR as key fields within its Seven SEED Projects (DongA Science). Watch: project launches in 2027, the demonstration center's siting, further SEED-field budgets, and what replaces the pre-feasibility-study gate.