South Korea Says the U.S. Agreed to Help It Secure Fuel for Its Reactors

South Korea Says the U.S. Agreed to Help It Secure Fuel for Its Reactors

South Korea and the United States have agreed to form a joint venture to help the American ally secure enriched uranium fuel for its nuclear power plants, President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday. South Korea has long wanted to enrich uranium as fuel for its fleet of 26 nuclear reactors, all of whose fuel is now imported from countries like Russia. It also wanted to reprocess the rectors’ spent fuel for reuse and to reduce nuclear waste. But a …