All they need to do now is convince France. They haven't offered their nuke tech to anyone yet.
From the earlier comments on this thread they offered it to Oz - who declined in favour of the longer life HEU option so they wouldn’t have the refuelling issues during boat service life.
And France seems to be offering the technology, or at least provide the rectors, to India - perhaps in response.
Which might be another reason for South Korea to want to have their own….
https://www.businessworld.in/article...12-2021-414965