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Nuclear Suppliers Group
international organization
Quick Facts
- Date:
- 1974 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- nuclear weapon
- nuclear proliferation
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), voluntary association of 48 countries that are capable of exporting and transporting civilian nuclear technology and that have pledged to conduct the transfer of this technology under mutually agreed guidelines. The ultimate purpose of the NSG’s guidelines is to prevent civilian nuclear material, equipment, and technology from reaching countries that might use it to construct nuclear weapons. Member states of the NSG are expected to refuse to export nuclear or nuclear-related technology to countries that do not agree to implement numerous monitoring and verification measures. The NSG was formed following the explosion by India in 1974 ...(100 of 615 words)