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ATM No 31 2025 May 16
US And Saudi Arabia To Cooperate On Nuclear, Including Advanced Reactors
- The US and Saudi Arabia have outlined areas for cooperation on civil nuclear energy as part of an agreement on energy cooperation and critical minerals signed in Riyadh on 13 May.
- The US Department of Energy said areas of cooperation include safety, security and non-proliferation programmes, US Generation III+ advanced large reactor technologies and small modular reactors, and uranium exploration, mining, and milling
- Energy secretary Chris Wright said the deals on energy and critical minerals forge powerful partnerships that will ensure US president Donald Trump’s “vision of prosperity at home and peace abroad is fully realised”.
US would assess nuclear waste, plutonium for reactor fuel under draft order
- Nuclear waste and radioactive plutonium would be assessed as a fuel for reactors under a draft executive order being considered by the administration of President Donald Trump on expanding nuclear power, moves opposed by nonproliferation experts.
- Directives in one of the orders for the assessment of the reprocessing of nuclear waste, also known as spent nuclear fuel, and for using highly radioactive plutonium for fuel, have not been previously reported.
- There are more than 90,000 tonnes of nuclear waste stored at nuclear plants across the country and lawmakers from both major political parties and industry have seen it as a possible way to cut dependency on Russia and other suppliers of uranium.
블룸버그 “한국, 전세계 원전 43% 수주 가능...최대 강점은 팀 코리아”
- 블룸버그통신은 15일 ‘다시 돌아온 원전, 한국이 최대 수혜국으로 부상’이라는 제목의 기사에서 “원전 수출에선 비교적 신흥국인 한국이 수익성 좋은 기회를 잡을 수 있는 위치에 있다.”라고 했다.
- 블룸버그 비즈니스위크가 전 세계에서 계획·제안된 원전 사업 400여 건을 분석한 결과, 한국이 이 중 43%를 수주할 수 있는 위치에 있으며 이를 통해 향후 10년간 최대 원전 기술 수출국 중 하나로 발돋움할 가능성이 있다는 것이다.