Korea urges US to swiftly begin talks on civil uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing

Korea has urged the United States to swiftly start consultations that could allow the process for Seoul to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel for peaceful uses, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo made the remarks during his talks with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in Washington on Monday (local time), the first high-level follow-up dialogue since the release of their joint summit document on trade and security issues on Nov. 14. The two sides also agreed on the need to launch working groups for follow-up talks on nuclear energy and Korea's bid to build nuclear-powered submarines, the ministry said. The joint fact sheet lays out a series of commitments on trade, investment and security, with the U.S. stating its support for the process that will lead to Korea's civil uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing for peaceful purposes. Attention has been focused on how the allies will move forward with implementing the fact sheet agreements, especially concerning uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing capabilitiWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times