US-REPROCESSING 2LST

The US had previously granted similar rights only to
the European consortium EURATOM and Japan, but not to China,
Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea, nor to sixteen other countries
with 123 Agreements.
The agreement was reached after months of intense
negotiations between the two countries.
"These arrangements, negotiated pursuant to Article
6(iii) of the historic Agreement for Cooperation between the
Government of India and the Government of the United States of
America concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, will
enable Indian reprocessing of US-obligated nuclear material
under IAEA safeguards," the State Department said in a
statement on March 29.
"Completion of these arrangements will facilitate
participation by US firms in India's rapidly expanding civil
nuclear energy sector," said the State Department. PTI