Roles of MOST-DOE PCG for Korea Nuclear Policies

This article is aiming at clarifying two objectives concerning the activities of the Permanent Coordinating Group(PCG) of the Ministry of Science and Technology(MOST) of the Republic of Korea(ROK) and the Department of Energy(DOE) of the United States of America(USA). The MOST-DOE PCG and a series of its meetings have been based on the Arrangement between MOST and DOE concerning research and development in nuclear material control, accountancy, verification, physical protection, and advanced containment and surveillance technologies for international safeguards applications. The Arrangement was made on September 19, 1994, and was prolonged on September 17, 2001 for 5 years. The first objective of this article is to analyze meanings and roles of the MOST-DOE PCG and its meetings compared to the actual nuclear policies of Korea Government. The second objective is to make a suggest how to apply them for the formation of nuclear policy