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South Korea wants to recycle nuclear “spent” fuel

Washington is concerned that allowing the country to process the fuel for reuse may discourage North Korea from giving up its weapons programme,

South Korea seeks US accord to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, Industrial Fuels and Power, July 23rd, 2010 South Korea aims to reach an agreement with the US by 2012 that would allow it to recycle spent nuclear fuel for “peaceful” use in the generation of electricity, according to the Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung Hwan…

Talks are currently being held to revise an agreement dating from 1956 and which expires in 2014. The accord effectively bans South Korea from recycling uranium. However, the country is running out of space to store the spent fuel and the situation is expected to exacerbate as South Korea plans to build more nuclear reactors. Washington is concerned that allowing the country to process the fuel for reuse may discourage North Korea from giving up its weapons programme, reported the New York Times.

South Korea seeks US accord to reprocess spent nuclear fuel | Industrial Fuels and Power

July 24, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, South Korea | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, plutonium, reactors, recycling, reprocessing, uranium