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Nuclear Suppliers Group

  • NSG Still Mulling Indian Membership
    Arms Control Today
    July 5, 2012

    The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) continued discussions on admitting India to the group, but apparently remained divided on the issue during its annual plenary meeting last month in Seattle.
  • Australia Allows Uranium Sales to India
    Arms Control Today
    January 12, 2012

    The Australian Labor Party on Dec. 4 endorsed a proposal by its leader, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, to end a ban on uranium sales to India. The 206-185 vote to lift the long-standing ban came at a party conference in Sydney.
  • P5 Struggles to Unblock FMCT Talks
    Arms Control Today
    September 30, 2011

    Fulfilling a commitment made at the United Nations in July, the world’s five recognized nuclear-weapon states met in Geneva on Aug. 30 to discuss ways to break the logjam at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on a proposed treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for weapons. However, the states, known as the P5 because they also are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, did not agree to pursue negotiations outside the CD, where Pakistan remains opposed to treaty talks.
  • NSG Revises Rules on Sensitive Exports
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    Seven years after they started discussions on the issue and two and a half years after they formulated a “clean text,” the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) last week agreed on revised guidelines for exports relating to uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing.
  • New Nuclear Suppliers Rules a Net Plus
    Arms Control Today
    July 6, 2011

    After years of discussion, the 46-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has agreed on a clearer, tougher set of guidelines designed to prevent the spread of uranium-enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing equipment and technology. The action should help guard against the further proliferation of sensitive equipment and technology that can be used to make fissile material for nuclear weapons.
  • NSG Revises Rules on Sensitive Exports
    Arms Control Today
    July 5, 2011

    Seven years after they started discussions on the issue and two and a half years after they formulated a “clean text,” the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) last week agreed on revised guidelines for exports relating to uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing.
  • ACA Applauds New Guidelines on Sensitive Nuclear Technology
    Press Room
    June 27, 2011

    (Washington, D.C.) The director of the independent Arms Control Association praised last week's decision by the 46-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to tighten its guidelines regarding the transfer of uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing facilities, equipment and technology.
  • G-8 Extends WMD Initiative
    Arms Control Today
    June 2, 2011

    The Group of Eight major economies agreed to extend a 2002 initiative aimed at securing and eliminating nonconventional weapons and materials. The decision comes a year before the original mandate for the effort was set to expire.
  • Chinese-Pakistani Reactor Deal Moves Ahead
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011

     

    A planned civilian nuclear deal between China and Pakistan is moving to completion although it has prompted concerns within the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

     
  • Letter to the Editor: Additional Protocols as a Condition of Nuclear Supply
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011