Critics Warn of Mideast Dangers
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Would Bring

(Editor's Note: this articl e Egyptians to reach a nuclear terial—enough to make doz-
was written by the Institut e military cabability earlier ens of atomic bombs the size
of Human Relations in New than would otherwise -be the dropped on Nagasaki. One
York.)
case.
recognized nuclear expert,
In response to mounting
Egypt has been asking the Dr.• Herbert York, says Egypt
criticism of former President U.S. for nuclear poWer plants will soon be capable of pro-
Richard Nixon's agreement since 1970; and top State ducing its own reprocessing
to supply Egypt and Israel Department officials acknowl- plant to extract the plutonium
with nuclear reactors, the edge that Egyptian President needed for nuclear weapons.
U.S. is attempting to find Sadat renewed the request in
Whether the U.S. can ef-
new safeguards against mis - January 1974, when Secretary fectively safeguard' the atom-
use of the atomic facilities.
of State Kissinger was nego- ic materials it shares is ob-
The State 'Department dis- tiating the Israeli-Egyptian viously the crucial question,
disengagement.
closed on Oct. 1 that the
The U.S. Government ar-
has proposed that Egypt and
The Nixon-Sadat declara- gues that it will have full
Israel agree to periodic in- tion in June 1974 stated that control over production,
ternational inspection of all "the two governments will shipment and reprocessing of
their nuclear facilities as a begin negotiation of an the uranium and plutonium
condition for their getting the agreement for co-operation fuels, keeping track of the
American atomic power on nuclear energy under fissionable materials, requir-
plants promised them by the agreed safeguards. Upon con- ing tamper-proof bolts and
clusion of such an agreement, other devices to make sure
former Pregident.
It is doubtful, however, the U.S. is prepared to sell a reactor or fuel rod has not
that the new move will allay nuclear reactors and fuel to been open, and maintaining
the concern in scientific and Egypt which will make it inspection, particularly when
political circles that the fa- possible for Egypt by the a reactor is being fueled.
cilities and know-how in- early 1980s to generate sub-
There is no certainty, how-
volved in such a transfer stantial additional quantities ever, that even if all of these
of
electric
power
to
support
could be diverted for military
measures are adopted they
its rapidly growing develop- will block what has been
and terrorist use.
The dramatic offer of nuc- ment needs."
called the "Canadian loop-
lear reactors, first to Egypt
Several days after the U.S.- hole"—the position adopted
and later to Israel, was made 'Egypt accord was made pub- by India that its recent nuc-
by President Nixon during lic, a similar agreement with lear blast was carried out in
his Middle East trip in the Israel was announced. The keeping with the peaceful
summer of 1974, without any agreements are similar to purposes set down by Canada.
prior consultation with the "umbrella accords" the U.S. • (India obtained the plu-
Congress.
has concluded with 29 other tonium for its nuclear bomb
Critics of the proposal, countries.
by placing its own natural
One of the main by-prod- uranium into the 40,000 kilo-
noting that rapprochement
between the U.S. and Egypt ucts of a nuclear reactor is watt reactor built for it by
is quite new, warned that the plutonium, the world's most Canada. For every two
agreement must be viewed explosive and poisonous ma- pounds of uranium the Indi-
terial. It can be obtained by ans put in, they got out two
with grave reservations.
U.S. officials defended the reprocessing used uranium ounces of plutonium.)
sale of nuclear plants to from "peaceful" nuclear re- ziitApal
t
Egypt as part of a long-range actors.
U.S. strategy of encouraging
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Plutonium can be fashioned
, _
technological progress and into bombs or deadly, poison-
economic growth as a force ous dispersion devices by a
for moderation. But the sur- few moderately skilled, de-
prising announcement in termined individuals.
Cairo raised a number • of
Besides its enormous ex-
serious questions.
plosive capability, plutonium
The most compelling issue is also one of the most toxic
is the wisdom of introducing substances known to man. It
large-scale nuclear plants, is not even necessary to
with their dangerous fission- fashion the plutonium into an
able materials, into a region explosive bomb to make it
where Arab terrorists oper- deadly: It could be introduced
ate and the likelihood of re- into a water system or- made
newed warfare is great.
into a smoke bomb.
Advocates of U.S. nuclear
One thirty-millionth of an
aid to Egypt minimize the ounce — less than a pollen
dangers, pointing to existing grain—will cause cancer if
international controls and swallow e d or inhaled. And
elaborate U.S. safeguards to since the radioactive half-life
prevent the diversion of fis- of plutonium is 25,000 years,
sionable materials. But the it retains its toxicity almost
effectiveness of these safe- indefinitely. ,
guards has been seriously
The nuclear power - plants
questioned.
to be sold to Egypt and Israel
It has also been pointed out are each capable of produc-
that even if no fissionable ing, as a by-product, about
material is diverted or stolen 350 pounds of plutonium
the scientific and technologi- every year. This can be re-
cal skills gained through such processed into more than 700
a gift would • enable the pounds of weapons-grade ma-

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