Section 123 Agreement

Section 123 of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, titled "Cooperation With Other Nations", establishes an agreement for cooperation as a prerequisite for nuclear deals between the US and any other nation.^[1]^[2] Such an agreement is called a 123 Agreement.^[3] To date, the U.S. has entered into roughly twenty-three 123 Agreements with 48 countries.^[4] A 2009 123 agreement signed with the United Arab Emirates by the Obama Administration was called the "gold standard" of 123 agreements."[1]

Countries with which the U.S. has or had or is working towards having a 123 Agreement include:

Morocco^[5]
Ukraine^[6]^[7]

Japan (with automatic re-processing rights)^[8]
Euratom (with automatic re-processing rights)^[8]
China (with re-processing rights, requiring approval per each request)^[8]
Switzerland
India (With advance consent to reprocessing)^[9]
Russia (On September 8, 2008 Pres. George W. Bush notified the United States Congress that there was no basis for further consideration of a 123 agreement with Russia.)^[10]
United Arab Emirates^[11]
Egypt^[12]
Thailand^[7]
Argentina^[7]
Australia^[7]
Bangladesh^[7]
Brazil^[7]
Canada^[7]
Colombia^[7]
Indonesia^[7]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)^[7]
Turkey^[7]
Kazakhstan^[7]
Republic of Korea^[7]
South Africa^[7]
Taiwan^[7]
Singapore^[13]

Proposed

Philippines^[14]
Romania^[15]

References

^ "NUREG0980 Vol.1, No.6 - Nuclear Regulatory Legislation" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2007.
^ Kerr, Paul K.; Nikitin, Mary Beth D. (December 27, 2016). Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Nuclear Nonproliferation Issue, Issue Brief for Congress, May 10, 2002.
^ "123 Agreements for Peaceful Cooperation". National Nuclear Security Administration.
^ "NRC: SECY-01-0033 - Proposed Renewal of the Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Morocco". Retrieved 2001-03-02.
^ "NRC: SECY-98-62 - Proposed Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Ukraine". 1998-04-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o 123 Agreements for Peaceful Cooperation, NNSA
^ ^a ^b ^c "Long haul ahead". Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "NDTV.com: House of Reps passes N-deal, next test US Senate". Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ "Statement on U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement". 8 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
^ UAE Embassy, Press Release, December 17, 2009
^ State Department, November 10, 2008
^ "Joint Statement on the Signing of the United States - Singapore 123 Agreement 31 July 2024".
^ House, The White (2022-11-20). "FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S.-Philippines Alliance". The White House. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
^ "NRC: SECY-98-006 - Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and Romania". 1998-01-12. Archived from the original on November 18, 2004.

External links

123 Agreement With India

123 Agreement With UAE

[1] "NUREG0980 Vol.1, No.6 - Nuclear Regulatory Legislation" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2007.

[2] Kerr, Paul K.; Nikitin, Mary Beth D. (December 27, 2016). Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[3] Nuclear Nonproliferation Issue, Issue Brief for Congress, May 10, 2002.

[4] "123 Agreements for Peaceful Cooperation". National Nuclear Security Administration.

[5] "NRC: SECY-01-0033 - Proposed Renewal of the Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Morocco". Retrieved 2001-03-02.

[6] "NRC: SECY-98-62 - Proposed Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Ukraine". 1998-04-01.

[nnsa.energy.gov-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o 123 Agreements for Peaceful Cooperation, NNSA

[reprocessing-8] "Long haul ahead". Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[9] "NDTV.com: House of Reps passes N-deal, next test US Senate". Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[10] "Statement on U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement". 8 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

[11] UAE Embassy, Press Release, December 17, 2009

[12] State Department, November 10, 2008

[13] "Joint Statement on the Signing of the United States - Singapore 123 Agreement 31 July 2024".

[14] House, The White (2022-11-20). "FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S.-Philippines Alliance". The White House. Retrieved 2022-11-21.

[15] "NRC: SECY-98-006 - Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and Romania". 1998-01-12. Archived from the original on November 18, 2004.

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