Section 123 Agreement

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Section 123 of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, titled "Cooperation With Other Nations", establishes an agreement for cooperation as a prerequisite for nuclear deals between the US and any other nation.^[1] Such an agreement is called a 123 Agreement. To date, the U.S. has entered into roughly twenty-five 123 Agreements with various countries.^{[citation needed]}

Countries with which the U.S. has or had a 123 Agreement:

• Morocco^[2]
• Ukraine^[3]
• Romania^[4]
• Japan (with automatic re-processing rights)^[5]
• Euratom (with automatic re-processing rights)^[5]
• China (with re-processing rights, requiring approval per each request)^[5]
• Switzerland
• India (draft completed, requires signatures from U.S. and India - the agreement is witnessing opposition within India from parties of the Left Front)^[6][7][8]
• (other countries - to do)

[edit] See also

• Tarapur Atomic Power Station
• United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act

[edit] References

1. ^ NUREG0980 Vol.1,No.6 - Nuclear Regulatory Legislation. Retrieved on 2002-06.
2. ^ NRC: SECY-01-0033 - Proposed Renewal of the Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Morocco. Retrieved on 2001-03-02.
3. ^ NRC: SECY-98-62 - Proposed Section 123 Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Ukraine. Retrieved on 1998-04-01.
4. ^ NRC: SECY-98-006 - Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and Romania. Retrieved on 1998-01-12.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Long haul ahead. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
6. ^ Left is Firm: No Passage For Nuclear Deal. Retrieved on 2007-08-23.
7. ^ U.S. and India Release Text of 123 Agreement. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
8. ^ Insulating Indian reactors from supply disruption by Siddharth Varadarajan. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.