Goon-Cherl Park is Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea, and Head of the Regional Energy Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. degree at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1983 and his Master’s (1979) and Bachelor’s (1975) degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Seoul National University. His research topics include the thermal-hydraulic design, safety analysis of nuclear power plants, and development of next generation reactors such as VHTGR for hydrogen generation. He has been a member of the Nuclear Safety Expert Committee in the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea, a member of Board of Directors in Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), and Vice Dean of the Engineering School at his university.