울산도 신고리 원전이 있는 원전소재지로, 원자력 학과를 운영 중인 울산과학기술원(UNIST)이 있어 관련 연구개발(R&D) 기능을 갖췄다.
Ulsan is a nuclear power plant site with the Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant, and it also has a research and development (R & D) function because of the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), which operates a nuclear energy department, is located.