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Canada, India Finalize Safeguards Agreement for Atomic Exports
India and Canada have finalized an agreement that will ensure Canadian nuclear goods are only used in Indian facilities that are under International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring, the Canadian Press reported on Monday.
A bilateral civilian atomic collaboration agreement has been held up since 2010 due to Canada's demand for assurances that no Canadian-origin uranium or other atomic products will be used in India's nuclear weapons program.
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U.S. Nuclear Cooperation as Nonproliferation: Reforms, or the Devil You Know?
Nov. 27, 2012
Several U.S. bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements are set to expire in the next four years, and a long list of nuclear newcomers are interested in concluding new agreements with the United States. Jessica C. Varnum examines the debate over whether stricter nonproliferation preconditions for concluding these new and renewal "123" nuclear cooperation agreements with the United States would enhance or undermine their value as instruments of U.S. nonproliferation policy.
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Canada
This article provides an overview of Canada’s historical and current policies relating to nuclear, chemical, biological and missile proliferation.
