Taking a Risk With Nuclear Technology
BRUSSELS — As concerns intensify about countries like Iran and North Korea and their nuclear capabilities, this may be a risky time to sell more of the technology to the developing world.
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Go to Blog .Yet furthering nuclear exports is what several governments are seeking for their industries amid talk of a renaissance for the technology.
Take the promotion by the French government of a nuclear conference in Paris last week.
France said it wanted to help representatives of delegations that reportedly included those of Syria and Libya overcome “the challenges of finding financing, obtaining access to the technology and the latest research and training people to satisfactorily conduct their projects.”
The “peaceful use of nuclear power should not be...
