Korea and U.S. Hold "Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Ministerial Meeting"... Boost for Private Sector Collaboration

On August 27, Jina Kim, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with James Danly, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, who is visiting Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Ministers' Meeting, in Busan for the "Korea-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Ministerial Meeting."

Jina Kim, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (left), and James Danly, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, who is visiting Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Ministers' Meeting, held a "Korea-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Ministerial Meeting" and took a commemorative photo on the 27th in Busan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that both deputy ministers recalled the "meaningful discussions" on nuclear cooperation at the recent Korea-U.S. summit and agreed to strengthen communication so that the Korea-U.S. nuclear partnership can deepen across various fields.

Deputy Minister Kim proposed that by deepening cooperation in the nuclear sector, the Korea-U.S. alliance could be further strengthened. In response, Deputy Secretary Danly reaffirmed his commitment to continuously enhance related cooperation.

Both sides noted that, following the recent Korea-U.S. summit, cooperation in the small modular reactor (SMR) sector has been active, including the signing of memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between nuclear power companies from both countries. They also agreed that the two governments would collaborate to support private sector cooperation in the nuclear power industry. Recently, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Doosan Enerbility signed an MOU with U.S.-based X-energy and Amazon to cooperate in SMR design, construction, operation, supply chain development, and investment. In addition, Doosan Enerbility and Fermi signed an MOU to collaborate on the production of equipment for large-scale nuclear power plants and SMRs at the Texas AI Campus.

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