U.S. / Russia sign nuclear trade agreement

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The main control room of the Smolensk Power Generation Facility

"The US and Russia have taken “a major step forward” in civil nuclear energy cooperation by bringing into force an agreement that will open up new possibilities for the joint development of new technologies.

The US government has confirmed that US ambassador to Russia John Beyrle and Russian deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov exchanged diplomatic notes to bring into force the accord, known as the 123 Agreement.

Mr Beyrle said the agreement will enable two of the world’s leading nuclear powers to work together to find solutions to global problems.

'It opens up new possibilities for the joint development of new technologies – technologies that will help us combat the global threat of nuclear proliferation, as well as to create new commercial opportunities for US and Russian companies to produce cleaner, safer, and more secure nuclear energy.'"

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IMO this represents significant progress in combating global warming and proliferation. Would technology exchange thirty years ago have prevented Chernobyl?