South Korea's President Park Geun-hye proposed on Friday to form a Northeast Asia nuclear safety body along with Japan and China.

In her Independence Day speech, Park mentioned that Northeast Asia is beginning to amass its number of nuclear power plants and this is starting to create safety concerns among the people of the region.

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Park suggested that the following countries --- South Korea, Japan and China --- lead in the establishment of the nuclear safety body based on Europe's European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) which guarantees the safety and proper allocation of its energy supply .

Euratom was established in 1958 to manage the supply of nuclear energy and distribute it to different states in Europe. The president said other countries such as the United States, Russia, North Korea and Mongolia are free to join the group.

At present, 23 of South Korea's nuclear reactors supply a third of the country's energy reserve.

Meanwhile, China is constructing 29 nuclear reactors in addition to the 20 they are currently operating. Japan, on the other hand, has 48 nuclear reactors, but all are non-operational due to the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Since 2012, South Korea has encountered several nuclear crisis that led to the shutdown of some of the country's nuclear reactors to change its parts. The incident caused Seoul to be compelled to stop relying on nuclear energy and to discard the fuel rods stored at the nuclear plants.

The nuclear safety group could also respond to relief operations, drug-related issues, and disasters related to climate change, Park said. She added that the joint effort would build the foundation for lasting peace.

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