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The story to introduce the first research reactor in Korea goes back to 1950s.
Increasing international interest in the peaceful use of nuclear technology at that time made national president Seung Man Lee to recognize the importance of research and development on nuclear technology, and he ordered cabinet to study introduction of a reactor in Korea. A mission team surveyed research reactors in United States and decided TRIGA MARK-II of General Atomics Co. as a proper one in Korea. In the early 1970s, a second research reactor - TRIGA MARK-III was built and began operation, and a small AGN reactor was built for education in Kyung Hee University in early 1980s.
In the middle of 1980s, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI) designed and constructed a high performance multipurpose research reactor based on its experience in the operation of previous reactors and accumulated nuclear technology. Timed with its completion of construction in April 1995, the reactor was named as HANARO(High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor) which means, in Korean, "uniqueness". It is one of the large scale national research facilities, in which nuclear technology of KAERI is crystallized to meet the demand of developed Korea in 2000s for various scientific and engineering research.
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〈Ground breaking of the first research reactor in Korea (TRIGA MARK-Ⅱ) by the national president Seung Man Lee〉
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