How does this prevent nuclear proliferation?

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US to provide atomic fuel to stop weapons spread

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would provide nuclear reactor fuel to countries that refrain from enriching uranium in an effort to prevent the process from being used to make atomic weapons.

Enrichment purifies uranium to levels at which it is useable in power plants or, if enriched further, in atomic bombs.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has suggested setting up an independent, international system to provide states with a guaranteed fuel supply if they abandoned enrichment.

"We are working with major suppliers and the IAEA on a back-up supply mechanism for states that forgo investment in indigenous enrichment or (plutonium) reprocessing capability," U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said in a statement issued at the annual IAEA General Conference.

"The United States Department of Energy will reserve up to 17 metric tonnes of highly enriched uranium for an IAEA verifiable assured fuel supply arrangement," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050926/wl_nm/nuclear_usa_fuel_dc

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1. It doesn't

It just makes us look good.