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The NPT's (Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) five nuclear powers -- the United States, Russia, France, Britain and China -- have yet to scrap their arsenals, and Washington and Moscow are exploring new weapons. This, experts say, encourages other countries to go for the bomb.
US President George W. Bush has called for a radical reinterpretation of the NPT that would divide its members into two groups -- those who can be trusted with technology that produces nuclear fuel and those who cannot be trusted.
"We cannot allow rogue states that violate their commitments and defy the international community to undermine the NPT's fundamental role in strengthening international security," Bush said.
"We must, therefore, close the loopholes that allow states to produce nuclear materials that can be used to build bombs under the cover of civilian nuclear programmes.
Diplomats from many countries dislike Bush's plan, saying the trusted would be US allies, suspect states US enemies.
ElBaradei proposed a different solution -- a global moratorium on the creation of new enrichment and plutonium reprocessing facilities for making atomic fuel. His plan has met with fierce opposition from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Iran, Japan and the United States.
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http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/30026/story.htm