Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

Formation	March 15, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-15)
Founders	United States, South Korea, Japan
Defunct	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Location	New York, United States
Coordinates	40°05′43″N 128°20′29″E / 40.09528°N 128.34139°E / 40.09528; 128.34139
Fields	Nuclear power
Website	www.kedo.org

The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) was an organization founded on March 15, 1995, by the United States, South Korea, and Japan to implement the 1994 U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework that froze North Korea's indigenous nuclear power plant development centered at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, that was suspected of being a step in a nuclear weapons program. KEDO's principal activity was to construct two light water reactor nuclear power plants in North Korea to replace North Korea's Magnox type reactors.^[1] The original target year for completion was 2003.

Since then, other members joined:

KEDO discussions took place at the level of a U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, South Korea's deputy foreign minister, and the head of the Asian bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry.

The KEDO Secretariat was located in New York.^[2] KEDO was shut down in 2006.

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History

KEDO funding by country (1995 to 2005)
Country	U.S. dollars (millions)
South Korea	1,455
Japan	498
United States	405
European Atomic Energy Community	122
Australia	14
Others	18

Formal ground breaking on the site for two light water reactors (LWR) was on August 19, 1997, at Kumho, 30 km north of Sinpo.^[3]^[4] The Kumho site had been previously selected for two similar sized reactors that had been promised in the 1980s by the Soviet Union, before its collapse.^[5]

Soon after the Agreed Framework^[6] was signed, U.S. Congress control changed to the Republican Party, who did not support the agreement.^[7]^[8] Some Republican Senators were strongly against the agreement, regarding it as appeasement.^[9]^[10] KEDO's first director, Stephen Bosworth, later commented "The Agreed Framework was a political orphan within two weeks after its signature".^[11]

Arranging project financing was not easy, and formal invitations to bid were not issued until 1998, by which time the delays were infuriating North Korea.^[12] Significant spending on the LWR project did not commence until 2000,^[13] with "First Concrete" pouring at the construction site on August 7, 2002.^[14] Construction of both reactors was well behind the original schedule.

In the wake of the breakdown of the Agreed Framework in 2003, KEDO largely lost its function. KEDO ensured that the nuclear power plant project assets at the construction site at Kumho in North Korea and at manufacturers' facilities around the world ($1.5 billion invested to date) were preserved and maintained. The project was reported to be about 30% complete. One reactor containment building was about 50% complete and another about 15% finished. No key equipment for the reactors had been moved to the site.

In 2005, there were reports indicating that KEDO had agreed in principle to terminate the light-water reactor project. On January 9, 2006, it was announced that the project was over and the workers would be returning to their home countries. North Korea demanded compensation and has refused to return the approximately $45 million worth of equipment left behind.^[15]

Executive Directors

Stephen W. Bosworth, 1995–1997^[16]
L. Desaix Anderson, 1997–2001^[12]
Charles Kartman, 2001–2005^[17]^[18]

References

^ "About Us: Our History". KEDO. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^ "Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization" (PDF), Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 2003, archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2011, retrieved March 5, 2011
^ "KEDO Breaks Ground on US Led Nuclear Project That will Undermine Client Status of S Korea". korea-np.co.jp. October 21, 1994. Archived from the original on August 24, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
^ North Korea: Nuclear Reactors Kedo Consortium Press Conference (Motion picture). Associated Press. August 19, 1997. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^ Siegfried S. Hecker; Sean C. Lee; Chaim Braun (Summer 2010). "North Korea's Choice: Bombs Over Electricity". The Bridge. 40 (2). National Academy of Engineering: 5–12. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
^ "Agreed Framework of 21 October 1994 Between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (PDF). IAEA. November 2, 1994. INFCIRC/457. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2003.
^ Leon V Sigal (February 2007), North Korea: Negotiations Work, MIT Center for International Studies, retrieved March 5, 2009
^ Joint resolution relating to the United States-North Korea Agreed Framework and the obligations of North Korea under that and previous agreements with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and dialog with the Republic of Korea Archived September 4, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, House of Representatives, 104th Congress, 1st Session, H.J. Res. 83, September 18, 1995
^ "frontline: kim's nuclear gamble: interviews: robert gallucci". PBS. March 5, 2003. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
^ "frontline: kim's nuclear gamble: interviews: richard perle". PBS. March 27, 2003. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
^ Behar, Richard (May 12, 2003). "Rummy's North Korea Connection What did Donald Rumsfeld know about ABB's deal to build nuclear reactors there? And why won't he talk about it? - May 12, 2003". Money.cnn.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Behar, Richard (May 12, 2003). "Rummy's North Korea Connection". FORTUNE Magazine. CNN Money. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ "Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization Annual Report 2004" (PDF). Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization. December 31, 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ Tim Carter (August 7, 2002). "Promoting Peace and Stability on the Korean Peninsula and Beyond". KEDO. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ Myoung-Gun Lee (January 9, 2006). "Reactor Project Ends in Failure". English.donga.com. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ "Stephen W. Bosworth - Biographic Sketch". Institute for Corean-American Studies. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ "2006 Asian Studies Conference". Case Western Reserve University. March 25, 2006. Archived from the original on March 20, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ "Interview: Charles Kartman". Frontline. Public Broadcasting Service. February 20, 2003. Retrieved April 14, 2010.

External links

Official website
Agreement on Supply of a Light-Water Reactor Project to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - KEDO, 1995
"Interview: Charles Kartman". Frontline. Public Broadcasting Service. February 20, 2003. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
Ten Years of KEDO: What Have We Learned?, U.S. Institute of Peace, March 10, 2005
Half-forgotten project is a key in next round of 6-party talks Archived November 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine - JoongAng Daily, September 12, 2005
Kumho: North Korea's nuclear ghost town - Asia Times, September 24, 2005
KEDO Puts Final Nail in N.Korea Reactor Project, The Chosun Ilbo, November 23, 2005
KEDO told to leave North Korea Archived May 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, JoongAng Daily, December 13, 2005
N.Korea says to build light-water nuclear reactors, Reuters, December 20, 2005
An unfair burden^{[permanent dead link]}, JoongAng Daily, December 23, 2005
What Did We Learn From KEDO?, The Stanley Foundation, November 2006
KEDO Demands $1.9 Bil. Compensation From NK^{[permanent dead link]}, The Korea Times, January 16, 2007
A History of KEDO 1994-2006, Robert Carlin, Joel Wit, Charles Kartman, Center for International Security and Cooperation, July 18, 2012
Reflections on KEDO: Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Joel Wit and Robert Carlin (video interview of first KEDO Director), 38 North, July 19, 2012

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