Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: postwar nuclear history
- 2 The impasse on enrichment services
- 3 A new look at plutonium
- 4 Making the Carter nuclear policy
- 5 The Carter strategy: phase two
- 6 Conclusion: an assessment of performance
- Glossary
- Appendixes
- A President Dwight D. Eisenhower's “Atoms for Peace” address to the United Nations General Assembly, December 8, 1953
- B Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- C Executive Order 11902 by President Gerald R. Ford: procedures for an export licensing policy, February 2, 1976
- D Nuclear policy statement by President Gerald R. Ford, October 28, 1976
- E Remarks by President Jimmy Carter on nuclear power policy, April 7, 1977
- F President Jimmy Carter's message to Congress on the proposed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, April 27, 1977
- G Fact sheet on the proposed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, April 27, 1977
- H International Fuel Cycle Evaluation: working groups
- I Guidelines for nuclear transfers, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group
- Notes
- Index
I - Guidelines for nuclear transfers, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: postwar nuclear history
- 2 The impasse on enrichment services
- 3 A new look at plutonium
- 4 Making the Carter nuclear policy
- 5 The Carter strategy: phase two
- 6 Conclusion: an assessment of performance
- Glossary
- Appendixes
- A President Dwight D. Eisenhower's “Atoms for Peace” address to the United Nations General Assembly, December 8, 1953
- B Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- C Executive Order 11902 by President Gerald R. Ford: procedures for an export licensing policy, February 2, 1976
- D Nuclear policy statement by President Gerald R. Ford, October 28, 1976
- E Remarks by President Jimmy Carter on nuclear power policy, April 7, 1977
- F President Jimmy Carter's message to Congress on the proposed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, April 27, 1977
- G Fact sheet on the proposed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, April 27, 1977
- H International Fuel Cycle Evaluation: working groups
- I Guidelines for nuclear transfers, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group
- Notes
- Index
Summary
In a document dated 21 September 1977 but released only in early 1978, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, an informal body representing 15 countries with nuclear export industries, has defined principles for safeguards and export controls on nuclear transfers to non-nuclear-weapon states. This is the first public statement of the Group, which was convened in February 1975, with the aim of complementing the rules of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by a practice of agreed export constraints for the major suppliers of nuclear installations.
1. The following fundamental principles for safeguards and export controls should apply to nuclear transfers to any non-nuclear-weapon state for peaceful purposes. In this connection, suppliers have defined an export trigger list and agreed on common criteria for technology transfers.
Prohibition on nuclear explosives
2. Suppliers should authorize transfer of items identified in the trigger list only upon formal governmental assurances from recipients explicitly excluding uses which would result in any nuclear explosive device.
Physical protection
3. (a) All nuclear materials and facilities identified by the agreed trigger list should be placed under effective physical protection to prevent unauthorized use and handling. The levels of physical protection to be ensured in relation to the type of materials, equipment and facilities, have been agreed by suppliers, taking account of international recommendations.
(b) The implementation of measures of physical protection in the recipient country is the responsibility of the government of that country.
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