A bilateral nuclear energy agreement between the United States and Mexico has entered into force, the US State Department said on Wednesday, adding that it would increase cooperation on energy security.
The agreement is the “first bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation” between the two countries, the department said in a statement.
Known as the 123 agreements, these resolutions pave the way for sensitive issues such as the peaceful transfer of nuclear material, equipment and information from the United States in accordance with non-proliferation requirements.
“This agreement will further strengthen the US-Mexico relationship and deepen our energy security cooperation,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Twitter.
Mexico and the United States signed the agreement in 2018, but Mexico’s Senate did not give its approval until March.
The Mexican state power utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad, has a nuclear power plant operating two reactors. Energy Minister Rocio Nahle described nuclear energy as “clean, safe, constant and profitable”.
White House climate envoy John Kerry traveled to Mexico last week to discuss renewable energy with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with a focus on lithium, batteries and the auto industry.
Previous talks of cooperation in the energy sector have focused on dramatically reducing the flaring of natural gas and methane emissions by state-owned oil company Pemex.
Source: CNN Brasil
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