ABSTRACT
Since the late 1980s, the technocratic nuclear energy regulatory policies of South Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea, as South Korea is commonly referred to) have been relaxed to allow for more open dialogue and public communication. This chapter documents these developments with a special emphasis on the Fukushima disaster to assess the extent of any effect on nuclear power development and management in regard to participatory governance. This aligns with the broader question of how Korean nuclear energy development and the social assumptions of the Korean public have interacted with changing policy environments.
