Act on Sites for Establishment of Low Level Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Facility Article 11

For a recommended candidate site determined under Article 9 or Article 10 of this Act, a local referendum shall be held in the county (city) in which the site is located within 30 days after the end of the period of public announcement, without being limited by the provision of Article 2 of the Referendum Act. With the consent of the public through referendum, the site may be listed as a candidate site.Where there are two or more candidate sites as referred to in the preceding paragraph, one of them shall be selected by the implementing authority.For the public hearing and the voting procedure of the local referendum referred to in the first paragraph, the provisions of the Referendum Act shall apply mutatis mutandis.The local referendum referred to in the first paragraph shall be held on the same day, and the expenditure required for referendum shall be budgeted by the implementing authority.The result, penalty and administrative dispute issues of the local referendum on a selected recommended candidate site shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Referendum Act.