By Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea wants to receive enriched uranium from the United States to use as fuel for a nuclear-powered submarine and intends to build the vessel at home, a South Korean presidential official said on Friday.

President Lee Jae Myung told U.S. President Donald Trump during summit talks last week that South Korea would build the submarine domestically, while asking Trump for help on the fuel, the official said.

Washington has approved Seoul’s use of nuclear fuel for the submarine, the official said.

Under the current nuclear agreement between the countries, South Korea is not allowed reprocess spent nuclear fuel, or to enrich uranium for military purposes, even though South Korea possesses nuclear reactors to generate power.

Lee’s position

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