State Dept. Official Touts Advantages of Civil Nuclear Cooperation

摘要

The strength of the United States’ global partnerships on civil nuclear cooperation lie in the quality and reliability ofrnAmerican nuclear components and the reputational advantages they offer to foreign nations, according to arnDepartment of State official. Thomas Countryman, assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Security andrnNonproliferation, said last Friday at the White House Summit on Nuclear Energy that “the world knows thatrnAmerican nuclear components are built by the world’s best workers, designed by the world’s best engineers.” Hernadded that countries purchasing American technology “know that they will also be importing the highest standardsrnof nuclear security to prevent diversion of nuclear material to any kind of terrorist group.”