Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Dispute Over US Nuke In the Netherlands: Who Pays for an Accident?
Dispute Over US Nuke In the Netherlands: Who Pays for an Accident?: Only
a few years before U.S. nuclear bombs deployed at Volkel Air Base in
the Netherlands are scheduled to be airlifted back to the United States
and replaced with an improved bomb with greater accuracy, the U.S. and
Dutch governments are in a dispute over how to deal with the
environmental consequences of a potential accident. The Dutch government
wants environmental remediation to be discussed in the Netherlands
United States Operational Group (NUSOG). The United States has refused,
arguing that NUSOG is the wrong forum to discuss the issue and that
environmental remediation is covered by the standard Status of Forces
Agreement from 1951.http://blogs.fas.org/security/2013/08/volkelnukes/
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