South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) on July 7 on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye. The ministers discussed the Korean Peninsula, regional and global security and economic security cooperation. Photo courtesy of South Korean Foreign Ministry
July 13 (Asia Today) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan are discussing a possible joint small modular reactor project with an Indo-Pacific country following the signing of a trilateral cooperation agreement, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
The three countries signed a memorandum of cooperation Tuesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
The agreement is intended to promote cooperation among companies from the three countries on deploying small modular reactors in third countries and strengthening energy security in the Indo-Pacific region.
It also calls for the projects to maintain high standards of nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation.
