Seoul: South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has told the US Energy Secretary that South Korea needs nuclear fuel reprocessing and enrichment for commercial purposes, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Cho delivered the message to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright during their meeting the previous day on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the ministry said in a statement.

Cho told Wright that South Korea, as an operator of 26 nuclear reactors, needs to secure a complete cycle of nuclear fuel, including enrichment and reprocessing, for energy security, the ministry said, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Cho stressed that this would be solely for the commercial purpose of ensuring the stable operation of the country’s nuclear power reactors.

In response, Wright said he wou

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