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IEA Small Modular Reactor Recommendation → Korea SMR Development Program → Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

산업통상자원부 (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy), 기후에너지환경부 (Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment)

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Same time period / concurrent
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.760

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.760); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

Same year
  1. Global

    2025

    IEA (International Energy Agency)

    world-nuclear.org

  2. then Korea
  3. Korea

    2025

    국가법령정보센터 - 탄소중립기본법 (SMR 기술개발 근거)

    law.go.kr

From date field: 2025 IEA Energy Policy Review → 2023 National Carbon Neutrality Plan → 2024 SMR Roadmap · 2023–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Csuggestive similarity · 60%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalSame time period / concurrent
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: small modular reactors demonstration ↔ i-SMR 표준설계인가 획득 (2028); national industrial complex for SMR ↔ SMR 기술개발 및 사업화 로드맵; leader in SMR development ↔ 차세대 원전 기술개발 리더십

Cross-lingual similarity 19/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: IEA Small Modular Reactor Recommendation → Korea SMR Development Program | small modular reactors demonstration → i-SMR 표준설계인가 획득 (2028)

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
small modular reactors demonstration
↓
i-SMR 표준설계인가 획득 (2028)
national industrial complex for SMR
↓
SMR 기술개발 및 사업화 로드맵
leader in SMR development
↓
차세대 원전 기술개발 리더십

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Carry IEA rules into domestic effect: align Korea SMR Development Program under IEA Small Modular Reactor Recommendation.

Korean purpose

대한민국은 2023년 '제1차 국가 탄소중립·녹색성장 기본계획'에서 SMR을 포함한 차세대 원전 기술개발을 명시하였다. 산업통상자원부는 2024년 'SMR 기술개발 및 사업화 로드맵'을 발표하고, 2028년까지 혁신형 SMR(i-SMR) 표준설계인가 획득을 목표로 하고 있다.

국가법령정보센터 - 탄소중립기본법 (SMR 기술개발 근거) — 대한민국은 2023년 '제1차 국가 탄소중립·녹색성장 기본계획'에서 SMR을 포함한 차세대 원전 기술개발을 명시하였다. 산업통상자원부는 2024년 'SMR 기술개발 및 사업화 로드맵'을 발표하고, 2028년까지 혁신형 SMR(i-SMR) 표준설계인가 획득을 목표로 하고 있다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: IEA Small Modular Reactor Recommendation → Korea SMR Development Program | small modular reactors demonstration → i-SMR 표준설계인가 획득 (2028). Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

IEA (International Energy Agency)

Started how

2025 IEA Energy Policy Review → 2023 National Carbon Neutrality Plan → 2024 SMR Roadmap

  1. Soft lawGlobal2025IEA (International Energy Agency)
    IEA Energy Policy Review

    2025 IEA Energy Policy Review

    Primary source
  2. StageGlobal2023IEA (International Energy Agency)
    National Carbon Neutrality Plan

    2023 National Carbon Neutrality Plan

  3. Soft lawKorea2024IEA (International Energy Agency)
    SMR Roadmap

    2024 SMR Roadmap

    Primary source
Original (Global)

The IEA recommends Korea create a national industrial② complex for demonstration① of small modular reactors.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 2024년 SMR 기술개발② 로드맵을 발표하고 2028년까지 i-SMR 표준설계인가① 획득을 목표로 한다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
IEA (International Energy Agency)
Timeline

2023–2025

IEA Small Modular Reactor Recommendation → Korea SMR Development Program | small modular reactors demonstration → i-SMR 표준설계인가 획득 (2028)

Sources

🌍Global source
🇰🇷국가법령정보센터 - 탄소중립기본법 (SMR 기술개발 근거)

Related Patterns

IEA Nuclear + Renewables Recommendation → Korea Nuclear Expansion & Renewable Energy Policy

IEA
P(B|A) = 77%temporal
45%

IEA Oil Stockpiling Obligation → Korea Petroleum Business Act Stockpiling

IEA
P(B|A) = 62%category
44%

IEA Recommendation → Korea Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth

IEA
P(B|A) = 77%temporal
44%

IEA Hydrogen Roadmap → Korea Hydrogen Economy Act

IEA
P(B|A) = 71%category
41%

IEA Spatial Planning Recommendation → Korea Energy Spatial Planning Integration

IEA
P(B|A) = 76%temporal
41%

IEA Independent Energy Regulator Recommendation → Korea Energy Regulatory Reform

IEA
P(B|A) = 76%temporal
41%

IEA Public Engagement Recommendation → Korea Energy Project Public Acceptance Strategy

IEA
P(B|A) = 76%temporal
41%

IEA Energy Efficiency Recommendation → Korea Energy Use Rationalization Act

IEA
P(B|A) = 61%category
41%

Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

IEA Nuclear + Renewables Recommendation → Korea Nuclear Expansion & Renewable Energy Policy

Climate

cos 0.91

IEA Independent Energy Regulator Recommendation → Korea Energy Regulatory Reform

Climate

cos 0.90

IAEA Nuclear Security Framework → Korea Nuclear Security Act

Security & Arms

cos 0.90

IEA Spatial Planning Recommendation → Korea Energy Spatial Planning Integration

Climate

cos 0.89

IAEA Fusion Energy / ITER → Korea Nuclear Energy Promotion Act

Climate

cos 0.89

IEA Recommendation → Korea Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth

Climate

cos 0.89
Keywords
IEASMRsmall modular reactor소형모듈원자로i-SMR원자력nuclear산업단지industrial complex원전수출nuclear export차세대원전advanced reactor탄소중립net zero에너지안보energy security
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #iea-smr-demonstration-1