Summary
- South Korea aims to secure a facility to reprocess spent nuclear fuel diplomatically after a new U.S. administration takes office in January
- Seoul emphasizes it does not seek its own nuclear arsenal but seeks to recycle nuclear fuel for environmental reasons
- Ambassador Cho Hyun-dong hints at revising the nuclear energy pact with the U.S. to potentially obtain a reprocessing facility
- South Korea reaffirms commitment to strengthening bilateral nuclear energy cooperation without pursuing its own nuclear weapons