한·미·일 원자력 협력에 관한 소고

The relationship between South Korea, the United States, and Japan is changing from a romantic triangle to a ménage à trois. This article critically examines the current state of nuclear cooperation between South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, with the goal of identifying ways to cooperate in the nuclear field, which is an important component of the evolving trilateral relationship. It agrees with the argument that South Korea needs to exercise its enrichment rights, but emphasizes that South Korea needs to get the support of the U.S. and Japan to realize this claim. In order to gain U.S. and Japanese endorsement, South Korea must declare its continued adherence to nonproliferation norms and its desire for a nuclear-weapon-free Korean Peninsula, but it also emphasizes the importance of nuclear energy for energy security and climate action, as well as its ability to respond to changes in the global uranium enrichment market.