Lantos Offers Bill to Support Nuclear Fuel Bank

A leading congressman has introduced legislation to support U.S. participation in an international effort to supply nuclear fuel to developing nations, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 19, 2006).

Introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the bill would authorize the president to aid a “nuclear fuel bank” effort sought by the International Atomic Energy Agency.  Under the plan, the bank would guarantee supplies of nuclear power fuel to nations that abstain from producing their own fuel, a process that can also produce nuclear-weapon materials (see GSN, Nov. 7, 2005).

“This bank will ensure that any state that keeps its nuclear nonproliferation commitments can get the fuel it needs without establishing its own fuel production facilities,” Lantos said (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, Feb. 7).

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