Today, the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy ("123 Agreement") between the United States and Singapore entered into force. This agreement enables deeper nuclear cooperation, consistent with the highest international standards of safety, security, and nonproliferation, and builds on our existing strong bilateral partnership.
Cooperation opens new opportunities for exploring advanced clean energy options, ensuring regional security and safety, and complements existing collaborations on clean energy, climate change, and energy security. It will also strengthen the robust and longstanding U.S.-Singapore relationship beyond our traditional pillars of defense and security, economic, and people-to-people ties.
Through this 123 Agreement and other capacity building initiatives, such as the Foundational Infrastructure for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) program, the United States and Singapore intend to further strengthen civil nuclear cooperation to better understand how advanced nuclear energy technologies, including small modular reactors meeting the highest nuclear security, safety, and nonproliferation standards, can potentially support climate goals, while balancing critical energy needs. This will support Singapore's efforts to understand and evaluate advanced nuclear energy technologies, should viable options emerge.
