U.S.-India Nuke Transactions Go From Bad to Worse
source: http://www.fpif.org/blog/us-india_nuke_transactions_go_from_bad_to_worse
By Russ Wellen
"The United States has made new concessions as part of its civilian nuclear agreement with India," Nicholas Kravlev reported for the Washington Times back in April, "while New Delhi has yet to make it possible for U.S. companies to benefit from the unprecedented deal. … Washington agreed to Indian demands to increase the number of plants allowed to reprocess U.S.-supplied nuclear fuel from one to two [in order to] avoid long-distance transportation of dangerous materials. Arms control experts denounced the new deal saying it adds to the "damage" done by the original agreement."
For those unfamiliar with how damaging that was, Kralev reminds us that "the Bush administration went against established norms and allowed a country that has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to use U.S.-supplied fuel to make plutonium, though for strictly civilian purposes."
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"The United States has made new concessions as part of its civilian nuclear agreement with India," Nicholas Kravlev reported for the Washington Times back in April, "while New Delhi has yet to make it possible for U.S. companies to benefit from the unprecedented deal. … Washington agreed to Indian demands to increase the number of plants allowed to reprocess U.S.-supplied nuclear fuel from one to two [in order to] avoid long-distance transportation of dangerous materials. Arms control experts denounced the new deal saying it adds to the "damage" done by the original agreement."
For those unfamiliar with how damaging that was, Kralev reminds us that "the Bush administration went against established norms and allowed a country that has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to use U.S.-supplied fuel to make plutonium, though for strictly civilian purposes."
Continue Reading....
http://www.fpif.org/blog/us-india_nuke_transactions_go_from_bad_to_worse
