Political Problems May Surround INFCE

Editor's Note: The following article appeared in the June 9,1979, issue of of The Arms Control Association, Washington, D.C. The first paragraphs provide background leading up to Mr. Clausen's article. The following is reprinted with permission. Arms Control Today, a publication The International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE) has been an important part of the Carter Administration's strategy to slow the spread of nuclear weapons by checking movement towards an international plutonium economy. Over nearly two years and though eight working groups, this fifty-nation conference has examined the structure of the world nuclear trade and sought alternatives to advanced fuel cycle technologies which could spread the capability to easily construct nuclear weapons.