4th Korea-US Nuclear Security Working Group Meeting... Review of Current Nuclear Security Cooperation Issues

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Republic of Korea and the United States held the 4th meeting of the Nuclear Security Working Group under the Korea-US Nuclear Energy High-Level Commission via video conference on the morning of the 23rd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

At this meeting, both countries reviewed cooperation issues in the field of nuclear security and discussed future cooperation plans. The Nuclear Security Working Group is one of the four working groups under the Nuclear Energy High-Level Commission, established following the revision of the Korea-US Atomic Energy Agreement in 2015. Under the Nuclear Energy High-Level Commission, there are the Nuclear Security Working Group, the Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Working Group, the Stable Supply of Nuclear Fuel Working Group, and the Nuclear Power Export Promotion and Export Control Working Group.

Park Il, Director General for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Energy Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Leah Cochran, Director of the Nuclear Threat Reduction Directorate at the U.S. National Security Council (NSC), co-chaired the meeting. On the Korean side, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control, and Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety participated. On the U.S. side, representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy and the Nuclear Security Agency, Department of Defense, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission attended.

The Republic of Korea and the United States, as troika members of the Nuclear Security Summit and partners who have demonstrated leadership in strengthening the international nuclear security regime, have been leading the international community in areas such as minimizing highly enriched uranium, enhancing cybersecurity of nuclear facilities, and strengthening IAEA nuclear security activities.

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