International Cooperation Needed To Lower Proliferation Risks As Nuclear Energy Grows

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 09:21 in Physics & Chemistry

As more nations pursue nuclear power, the United States and Russia, along with other countries and the International Atomic Energy Agency, should redouble efforts to ensure a reliable supply of nuclear fuel so that countries seeking nuclear energy have less incentive to build their own facilities to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, says a new report by the US National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

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