He thinks the negotiations over a new nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea offers the United States the opportunity to engage with the Koreans on environmental safety issues. (sciencemag.org)
As NRC explained in a March 2011 letter to Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Russian company would have to apply for and obtain an export license and «commit to use the material only for peaceful purposes» in accordance with «the U.S. - Russia Atomic Energy Act Section 123 agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation.» (factcheck.org)
Sanctions followed, ending a mere three decades later in 2005 with former U.S. President George Bush and Indian PM Manhoman Singh's official joint statement for US - India civil nuclear cooperation. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)