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| US and Vietnam in controversial nuclear negotiations |
| 2010-08-06 |
| The US is said to be negotiating a controversial agreement with Vietnam to provide nuclear fuel and technology without the usual constraints on enriching uranium to prevent proliferation. The deal has been under discussion for several months following Hanoi's announcement of plans to build 14 nuclear power stations over the next 20 years, according to the Wall Street Journal. Washington has required several other countries, most recently the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, to agree to source all their nuclear fuel on the international market and to renounce the right to enrich uranium as a requirement for assistance in developing nuclear power. Vietnam signed an initial memorandum of understanding on nuclear power with the Bush administration in 2001. But the Obama administration has accelerated talks in recent months as Vietnam reaches agreements with other countries including Russia which has been contracted to begin building a light water reactor for $8bn in 2014. The US and Vietnam signed a new memorandum of understanding in April over broad co-operation on nuclear power including access to "reliable sources of nuclear fuel". An agreement would allow US companies such as General Electric and Bechtel to sell nuclear reactors and other equipment to Vietnam. But the talks have drawn criticism that Washington is setting a different standard for Vietnam than some other countries. Henry Sokolski, director of the Nonproliferation Education Centre in Washington, said the US agreeing to allow Hanoi to produce its own nuclear fuel would undermine anti-proliferation efforts. "After the US set such a good example with the UAE, the Vietnam deal not only sticks out, it could drive a stake through the heart of the general effort to rein in the spread of nuclear fuel-making," he told the Wall Street Journal. However, Vietnam has said it is not interested in producing its own nuclear fuel because it would be diplomatically sensitive to do so. Hanoi has also signed nuclear co-operation agreements with several other countries including China, France and India. The state department did not respond to question |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 NEWS KERALA > EXPERTS: US, VIETNAM NUCLEAR DEAL COULD BE DESTABILIZING [Regional, Globally], UNSETTLE CHINA. and * WMF > PLA GENERAL ZHU CHENGHU: CHINA IS NOT AFRAID TO MILITARILY FIGHT/WAR AGZ THE US ON ANY ISSUE, NOT TO FIGHT NUCLEAR WAR AGZ THE US ESPEC IFF THE US FIRES MISSLES OR STATIONS ITSELF ON OR NEAR CHINESE TERRITORY. CHINA'S DEFINITION OF "CHINESE TERRITORY" ACCORDING TO GEN. ZHU INCLUDES PLA MILBASES, CHIN-CLAIMED ISLANDS, PLA WARSHIPS + AIRCRAFT, ETC. REGARDLESS IFF IN CHIN OR INTERNATIONAL WATERS OR AIRSPACE, ETC. * NORTH + SOUTH KOREA BRING, READY THEIR MISSLES IN OPEN TIT-FOR-TAT: SOUTH KOREAN ADMIRAL KIM KYUNG-SHIK SAYS SOUTH KOREA + SK ARMED FORCES IS CLOSELY WATCHING OR MONITORING NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA WILL NOT STAND FOR ANY NORTH KOREAN "PROVOCATIONS" DURING THE WEST SEA MILITARY DRILLS. * WMF > "POST MAGAZINE" JAPANESE MEDIA: CHINA'S COVERT INTELLIGEWNCE NETWORK IN JAPAN MAY NUMBER UP TO 3.0MILYUHN PERSONS INCLUDING LARGE NUMBERS OF JAPANESE CITIZENS, ENTREPENUERS + COMPANIES. APPROXI 30,000 CHINESE GIRLS/WOMEN LIVING + WORKING IN JAPAN ARE SPIES FOR BEIJING. ANNA CHAPMANS + Facebook conquered the PLA. * WMF > JAPAN"S PM NATO KAN MAKES A STRONG STATEMENT: JAPAN NEEDS "NUCLEAR DETERRENT" WHILE ALSO ADHERING OR SUPPORTING NON-NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES. * WMF > JAPAN'S CONSPIRACY TO GAIN NATIONAL CONTROL OF US OKINAWA BASES, DAOYUS, + TAIWAN SEA, AIR LANES PUTS THE ENTIRE WORLD IN DANGER. Regional Destabilization + possible US-China War. * WMF > FORMER UK PM MAGGIE THATCHER ADMITS THAT THE COLD WAR USSR's GREATEST THREAT TO NATO WAS INDIRECTLY ECONOMIC, NOT MILITARY DESPITE THE POTENCIES OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES. THE USSR's ECON "GREATEST THREAT" WAS ALSO ITS GREATEST WEAKNESS AS SOVIET MIL SPENDING COMPRISED 15% OF ITS COLD WAR BUDGET [+ rising], AS OPPOSED/COMPARED TO A NATO AVERAGE OF ONLY 0.05%. ARTIC > IOW, REAGAN ADMIN + NATO suppor for "STAR WARS" + Deployment of accurate US PERSHING II's IRBM, TLCMS ETC. reduced Soviet economic production by raising Soviet mil spending to counter the former. Couple wid MOSCOW's = KREMLIN's FEARS OF MIL, NATIONAL, IDEO OBSOLESCENCE VEE US-NATO + RISING NON-RUSSIAN MUSLIM POPULATIONS IN SOVIET SSRS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-07 00:06 |
| #4 Unified VIETNAM is America = Amerika's NEW-ALMOST-BFF??? IMO this will test the merits/truth of CHIN-specific PCorrectness, i.e. RISING CHINA'S myriad Historical, Diplomatic, + MSM-Net claims that it is a POLITE "LOVER, NOT A FIGHTER", + never Ever EVER E-V-E-R EVAR! engages in Local-Regional IMPRIALISM, ETC. IN ASIA LIKE THE US + JAPAN + EUROS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-06 20:03 |
| #3 China shaken by US move to sign nuclear deal with Vietnam China, which has recently dominated the security situation in North Asia, appeared shaken by a surprise move by the US administration to begin negotiations for a civilian nuclear deal with Vietnam. |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-08-06 16:48 |
| #2 But we will not build here? |
| Posted by: Kelly 2010-08-06 13:19 |
| #1 MORONS |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-08-06 12:58 |