On Korea: Academic Paper Series
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In December 2006, KEI initiated our Academic Paper Series in which we commission up to 10 papers per year with diverse perspectives on original subjects of current interest to Korea watchers. This year-long program provides both leading Korea scholars and new voices from around the world to speak and write on trends and events affecting the Korean peninsula.
South Korea hopes to become a major exporter of nuclear plants. Its success in building up its domestic nuclear industry, winning a $20.4 billion contract to build four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), building Jordan’s first research reactor, and providing training programs and best practices to nuclear newcomer states indicates that established vendors should take this determination seriously. If South Korea draws the right lessons from its experience with the UAE and builds upon its competitive advantages in the international nuclear energy market—low cost, high credibility, high performance, strong political backing, attractive financing, and U.S technology at a low cost—it could record similar success in the future.