Lee Chang Yune, Vice Minister of Science and ICT is listening to the questions posed by reporters at the press conference on the selection of a Korean-led consortium as the contractor for the design and licensing of the new next-generation research reactor planned by the University of Missouri. The press conference was held on the morning of April 17, 2025, at the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PACST) headquartered in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

(From left) Jung Taek-ryeol, Director General of the Future Energy, Convergence and Public Mission R&D Policy Bureau (MSIT); Vice Minister Lee Chang Yune (MSIT); Jeong Young-uk, Director of the HANARO and Quantum Science Lab (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, KAERI)