Next steps after INFCE: US international nuclear and nonproliferation policy
The International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE) concluded over two years of technical study of the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear energy needs and related proliferation risks in February 1980. This report analyzes the practical implications of INFCE findings for US international nuclear energy and nonproliferation policy. In an overview and synthesis of the issues affecting policy choices, the report assesses post-INFCE technical and institutional options and general policy appraoches for US nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation objectives in relations with industrialized and less developed countries. The report places special emphasis on the political and security policy dimensions of appropriate US regional strategies for nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation in Latin America, Northeast Asia and South Asia. Since arrangements for limited fuel cycle use of plutonium will be a central issue in post-INFCE negotiations, the report emphasizes the importance of two broad policy options: (1) settling first the rules governing the end-use and release of plutonium, or alternatively (2) putting emphasis initially on the creation of an international institution for the control of plutonium. The report explains that concurrence on stringent plutonium release criteria will be difficult to achieve unless decisions in this area are ultimately submitted to what could be called an International Plutonium Management Authority (IPMA), the viability and credibility of which would, of course, depend upon international cooperation and its own executive autonomy.
- Research Organization:
- Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (USA). Center for Strategic and International Studies
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 6631667
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/Sub-7792/1; ON: DE84015111
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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