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The complexity of international trade in nuclear materials is illustrated by the sagas of two consignments of uranium in 1980.1 One batch of uranium was mined in Canada for a West German utility. The product was sent to the USSR for enrichment to fuel grade. That material then went to the United States for fabrication into fuel rods and finally found its destination in a West German power reactor.
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Kramish, A. (1983). Four Decades of Living with the Genie: United States Nuclear Export Policy. In: Boardman, R., Keeley, J.F. (eds) Nuclear Exports and World Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05984-3_2
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