South Korea Drafts SMR Enforcement Decrees

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has begun preparatory research to draft enforcement decrees for the new Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Special Act, which the National Assembly passed on Feb. 12 and still requires Cabinet approval and presidential assent. The ministry said the study, slated in its first-half 2026 nuclear policy projects and possibly starting mid-March, will analyze U.S. and Canadian licensing cases and propose measures to accelerate SMR commercialization and support AI infrastructure.