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As we reported in 2019, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, which occurred on January 31, 2020, included the The United Kingdom will no longer be covered under the US-Euratom Agreement once it exits Euratom. However, under the agreed-upon terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Euratom, the United Kingdom will remain covered under the US-Euratom Agreement through December 31, 2020, subject to an extension. In response to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Euratom, the United States and United Kingdom negotiated a bilateral agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy pursuant to Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (123 Agreement). The 123 Agreement was submitted to Congress in May 2018 for a statutory 90-day review period. The 123 Agreement did not automatically trigger at the completion of the 90-day review period, but it can be ratified at any time. We continue to expect that the 123 Agreement will enter into force through a ministerial exchange of diplomatic notes. However, it is unlikely that the 123 Agreement will be ratified until it is necessary, i.e., after December 31, 2020, or at a later date if the terms of United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Euratom are extended. Nevertheless, whether governed by the US-Euratom Agreement or the 123 Agreement, we do not anticipate any disruption in nuclear trade between the United States and United Kingdom.

Mexico’s nuclear program dates back to the 1950s with research being performed at universities around the country and the creation of the Comisión Nacional de Energía Nuclear (CNEN) by presidential decree in 1956 under the conviction that peaceful nuclear energetic and non-energetic applications could contribute to scientific and technological development of Mexico. In 2016, the governments of both Mexico and the United States announced an agreement for cooperation concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It was part of a comprehensive set of bilateral agreements and initiatives on issues including education, trade, travel, climate change and environmental protection, overall energy cooperation, health, and security. Hence, the Agreement must be seen as one of the different components of the functional integration of North America. The Agreement builds on the existing limited cooperation between the United States and Mexico under the PSAs and establishes the conditions for continued U.S. civil nuclear trade with Mexico. The Agreement also provides for broader support between the United States and Mexico by encouraging the exchange of best practices for nuclear policy development and the training and development of human resources in the nuclear sector. However, the importance of the United States-Mexico 123 Agreement is not just limited to potential commercial cooperation, as much as it is important that normalized nuclear cooperation between neighbors ensures transpare...

The U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Agreement or Indo-US nuclear deal. full civil nuclear cooperation with India. Separation Plan in India, an India-IAEA safeguards (inspections) agreement and the grant of an exemption for India by the The United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Non-proliferation Enhancement Act, on October 8, 2008. In 2015, the agreement had still not been fully implemented. In 2016, the countries agreed to build 6 US-designed reactors in India. See timeline below. Overview [ ] See also: The Hyde Act, is the U.S. domestic law that modifies the requirements of Section 123 of the U.S. The 123 agreement defines the terms and conditions for bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation, and requires separate approvals by the After the terms of the 123 agreement were concluded on July 27, 2007, Background [ ] Parties to the [ citation needed] Led by the U.S., other states have set up an informal group, the Given that India is estimated to possess reserves of about 80,000–112,369 tons of Operating India's eight unsafeguarded PHWRs in such a [conservative] regime would bequeath New Delhi with some 12,135–13,370 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium, which is sufficient to produce between 2,023–2,228 nuclear weapons over and above those already existing in the Indian arsenal. Although no Indian analyst, let alone a policy maker, has ever advocated any nuclear inventory that even remotely approximates such numbers, this heuristic exercise confirms that New Delhi has...

• The new U.S.-ROK 123 agreement, announced on April 22, is a unique and mutually beneficial deal that speaks to the decades-long civil nuclear relationship between the two allies and it will allow ongoing positive cooperation in nuclear energy in the future. • It commits the two countries to help ensure a supply of enriched fuel to South Korea for nuclear power reactors. • It provides the option to Korea for removal of spent nuclear fuel to third countries. • The agreement deals with the thorny issue of advanced consent for reprocessing or enrichment, not by granting these activities, but by subjecting all future discussions/requests to a high-level bilateral management mechanism set up by the agreement. • Thus, the agreement deals with non-proliferation risks without expressly requiring the ROK to renounce forever a "sovereign" right to certain technical capabilities. Korea Chair Snapshot is a product by the CSIS Korea Chair providing key takeaways from breaking events of the day. Snapshot is published by the Office of the Korea Chair (

Uranium Gas Centrifuges There has been a lot of back and forth commentary about whether the U.S. should water down the so-called “gold standard” for a Without a 123 Agreement, under the terms of the Atomic Energy Act, there can be no nuclear technology exports. Non-nuclear components that are not tagged as “dual use” would possible. U.S. nuclear energy vendors and various trade groups have been pushing for the State Department and the Department of Energy to negotiate a less than “gold standard” 123 agreement to open the door to U.S. vendors primarily Westinghouse, which is the only American firm still activity manufacturing new nuclear reactors – four in China and two at the Vogtle site in Georgia. So far officials from the U.S. State Department and a delegation led by DOE Secretary Rick Perry have had inconclusive talks in Riyadh and London about a 123 agreement. Clearly, KSA is waiting to see what the U.S. will do about the Iran nuclear deal on May 12th. Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Matters For what it is worth, I am offering some practical reasons why the US ought not give up on the gold standard for KSA. However, to get there, the US has to keep the Iran nuclear deal in place. KSA’s leadership In an “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible,” he said in an interview that will air on the news magazine program “60 Minutes.” On the other hand, KSA would might be OK ...

In December 2009, the United Arab Emirates and the United States entered into a bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear energy cooperation. This Within the policy framework of the agreement, the U.A.E. renounced uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing, affirming the peaceful nature of the U.A.E.’s civilian nuclear energy program. The U.A.E. also committed to all major international nonproliferation instruments, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement, which the U.A.E. and IAEA Ahead of the agreement’s ratification, the Business Council played a critical role in building support in the U.S. The Council shared its views in letters to key Congressional leaders and generated awareness of the agreement in the U.S. business community. Key business leaders subsequently mobilized to garner support in Congress. In addition, the Council published a landmark As a result of this agreement, U.S. businesses, including Bechtel and Westinghouse, have supported the U.A.E. in realizing its peaceful nuclear energy ambitions. As the U.A.E.’s civilian nuclear program enters its operational phase, U.S. businesses will continue to be active participants in developing this safe and secure source of alternative energy in the U.A.E. The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council stands ready to help. In January 2020, the Business Council and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) hosted a