1. Text of the current 123 Agreement between the U.S. and ROK Governments is available in “Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United states of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy” U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Text, Washington DC, July 30, 1965 See: http://nnsa.energy.gov/sites/default/files/nnsa/inlinefiles/Korea_South_123.pdf In April 2013 the ROK and the U.S. Agreed on a two-year extension of the negotiations to reach a new 123 Agreement. See Victor Cha “U.S and South Korea Agree to an Extension of the 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement” CSIS Discussion Paper, Washington DC, April 24, 2013. Available at: http://csis.org/publication/us-and-south-korea-agree-extension-123-civil-nuclear-agreement See Also: Thomas M. Countryman Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation “Next Steps in the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance” Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Washington DC, June 27, 2013, available at: http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/2013/211328.htm
2. For a detailed discussion of the Republic of Korea (ROK) nuclear energy program see: World Nuclear Association (WNA) “Nuclear Power in South Korea” Information Paper, London U.K., updated June 2013 See: http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf81.html Further information on the Republic of Korea (ROK) nuclear energy program and institutional arrangements can be found in: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “Republic of Korea Country Profile” Vienna, Austria, Updated 2011 Available at: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/CNPP2011_CD/countryprofiles/Korea,Republicof/Korea,Republicof2011.htm
3. Sang Jong Lee “South Korean Experience in Developing Nuclear Technology and Education” Nuclear Fuel engineering and safety technology, Hacettepe University, Korea, May 21, 2012
4. For a discussion of NPPs pool storage capacity and fill rate see: Il Soon Hwang, Seoul National University, ROK “Korean Spent Fuel Management: Dilemma and Options” INMM Spent Fuel Management Seminar XXVIII Arlington, VA, January 14, 2013 See also: Jungmin Kang, KAIST, Daejeon, ROK “The ROK's Nuclear Energy Development and Spent Fuel Management Plans and options” Nautilus Institute NAPSNET Special Report, Berkeley, CA, January 22, 2013, available at: http://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-special-reports/the-roks-nuclear-energy-development-and-spent-fuel-management-plans-and-options/
5. Frank C. Graves, Mariko R. Geronimo and Glen A. Graves, the Brattle Group “Centralized Dry Storage of Nuclear Fuel: Lessons for U.S. Policy from Industry Experience and Fukushima” Brattle Group Discussion Paper, Boston MA, August 2012