On the surface, relations look strong between the U.S. and South Korea, \u201cthanks to a free-trade agreement, greater policy coordination and solidarity against North Korea\u2019s provocations. But there is an unresolved question in their relationship: How much nuclear technology should South Korea possess?\u201d South Korea wants enrichment and reprocessing rights. By 2030, the South seeks to supply 60% of its domestic energy needs with nuclear and aspires to be a major exporter of nuclear reactors. Wary of demands other countries might make, the U.S. remains opposed to expanding enrichment and reprocessing rights. Going it alone would \u201cseriously strain the alliance. For now, South Korea appears set on gaining Washington\u2019s seal of approval.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the surface, relations look strong between the U.S. and South Korea, \u201cthanks to a free-trade agreement, greater policy coordination and solidarity against North Korea\u2019s provocations. But there is an unresolved question in their relationship: How much nuclear technology should South Korea possess?\u201d South Korea wants enrichment and reprocessing rights. By 2030, the South seeks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[961,2181,212,2183,2182,24,8],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-news","tag-alliance","tag-enrichment","tag-exports","tag-reactors","tag-reprocessing","tag-south-korea","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}