G-8 Tightens Nuclear Export Rules

By Daniel Horner

The members of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries agreed to adopt new rules for sensitive nuclear exports, according to a statement released during the group’s July 8-10 summit in L’Aquila, Italy. Subsequent remarks by officials from some of the G-8 countries regarding trade with India, however, seem to be at odds with the G-8 statement.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Why would india buy nuclear reactors from a country that does not allow to reprocess the spent fuel?India needs plutonium for the breeder rectors and the thorium reactors.India needs highly enriched uranium for the nuclear propulsion of submarines,ships and space rockets.Obama cannot have double standards.