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US Will Share Nuke Fuel, Technology With India

Civilian deal reverses US precedent

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Jul 27, 2007 1:46 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The United States unveiled a plan today to share nuclear fuel and technology with India, upending decades of American non-proliferation strictures, the AP reports. The deal allows only civilian uses, but critics are concerned nonetheless about the specter of an Asian  nuclear arms race.

The new cooperation still faces hurdles: it's likely to encounter resistance in Congress, which okayed more limited nuclear trade last year, and the UN's watchdog agency will have to sign on. The deal’s been in the works for a year, though, and the US has tried to sell it as good-neighbor policy between democratic states.

U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, left, meets with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U. S. officials met for a second day Friday to seal a much-touted civilian nuclear deal between the two countries, officials said. The deal has...
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, left, meets with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U. S. officials met for a second day Friday...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, right, and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon arrive for delegation level talks, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U. S. officials met for a second day Friday to seal a much-touted civilian nuclear deal between the two countries,...
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, right, and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon arrive for delegation level talks, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U. S. officials...   (Associated Press)
In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Defense, a surface-to-surface nuclear capable indigenously produced Prithvi missile is test fired at Chandipur in eastern India, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. Government officials said that the missile which has a range of 95 miles was test fired successfully. (AP Photo/Ministry of...
In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Defense, a surface-to-surface nuclear capable indigenously produced Prithvi missile is test fired at Chandipur in eastern India, Wednesday, May 9, 2007....   (Associated Press)
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, right, shakes hand with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon before delegation level talks, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U. S. officials met for a second day Friday to seal a much-touted civilian nuclear deal between the two...
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, right, shakes hand with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon before delegation level talks, in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2007. Indian and U....   (Associated Press)
India's Agni II missile is on display while at a rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002 file photo. India successfully test fired Thursday, April 12, 2007 a new missile, Agni III, capable of carrying nuclear warheads across much of Asia and...
India's Agni II missile is on display while at a rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi in this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002 file photo. India successfully test fired Thursday, April 12, 2007...   (Associated Press)
Indian and U. S. officials have finally sealed a mutually beneficial civilian nuclear pact.
Indian and U. S. officials have finally sealed a mutually beneficial civilian nuclear pact.   ( Shutterstock.com)
Indian National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, center, Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, left, and Department of Atomic Energy Chairman Anil Kakodkar, right, address a press conference on an India-US nuclear deal, in New Delhi, India, July 27, 2007. The United States and India have completed an agreement to...
Indian National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, center, Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, left, and Department of Atomic Energy Chairman Anil Kakodkar, right, address a press conference on...   (Associated Press)
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