Choi Jin-soo

Position: General Researcher 

Affiliation: Central Research Institute, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. 

Jin-soo Choi received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Jeonbuk National University in 2005 and 2012, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2025. 

He joined Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) in 2005 and has extensive experience in nuclear power plant chemistry, radioactive waste management, and advanced reactor development. 

He also served as a Resident Researcher at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the United States from 2014 to 2016. 

Currently, he serves as a General Researcher in the SMR Development Group at the SMR Development Laboratory of KHNP. 

As the Associate Project Manager (APM) of the overall innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR) Standard Design Project, he has led multidisciplinary design coordination and integration, regulatory licensing activities, and project management, playing a key role in advancing the project into the formal regulatory review phase for Standard Design Approval (SDA). 

He also serves as a Council Member of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society. 

E-mail: jinsoochoi@khnp.co.kr