Corker: Inconsistency In Civilian Nuclear Deals Threatens U.S. Non-Proliferation Goals

In a letter on Monday to Secretary of State John Kerry, Senator Bob Corker, (R-Tn.), the ranking Republican member of the Foreign Relations Committee, raised concerns about inconsistencies in new civilian nuclear cooperation agreements (known as “123 agreements”) with other countries threatening U.S. nuclear non-proliferation goals.  A recently-completed agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam, for example, could permit future enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) of spent nuclear fuel in direct conflict with the “gold standard” previously established in a similar arrangement with the United Arab Emirates where ENR was explicitly denied as a means of preventing civilian nuclear capabilities from being diverted to a weapons program.
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