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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

(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. Read full story »

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