Journal Article

SPEEDING UP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1994 U.S.-DPRK AGREED FRAMEWORK

Kang, Jungmin

2002

Overview

This article argues that the continued delays in the lightwater reactor construction project are endangering the ultimate success of the project on a number of levels. The longer that the construction of the reactors is delayed, the higher the costs to the members of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, and the less likely that the discrepancies in the DPRK's initial declaration to the International Atomic Energy Agency can be cleared up. A number of incentives are proposed to induce the various parties involved to fulfill their commitments under the Agreed Framework more quickly than currently required. Among these are that South and North Korea can learn a great deal through the decommissioning and dismantling of the DPRK's old graphite-moderated reactor, which might have commercial viability in the future.

• Publisher: The Institue for Far Eastern Studies,경남대학교 극동문제연구소,Johns Hopkins University Press
• Subject: Bilateral relations / Cost estimates / Development Programs / Diplomatic relations / Electricity / Energy / Energy Development / Energy policy / International agreements / International Relations / North Korea / Nuclear Energy / Nuclear fuels / Nuclear nonproliferation / Nuclear power / Nuclear reactor safety / Nuclear Reactors / Peninsulas / Regional studies / Spent fuels / The U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework / Treaties / U.S.A / United States of America