U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
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As part of the 1950s-era Atoms for Peace program, the United States actively
promoted nuclear energy cooperation with India from the mid-1950s, building
nuclear reactors (Tarapur), providing heavy water for the CIRUS reactor, and
allowing Indian scientists to study at U.S. nuclear laboratories. When other nations
joined the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968, however, India refused
to join the treaty on the basis that it was discriminatory. In 1974, India exploded a
“peaceful” nuclea…
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Date:
July 29, 2005
Creator:
Squassoni, Sharon
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