German Sale of Plutonium Plant to China to Proceed

Germany cannot block the sale of a plutonium processing facility to China, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 4).

China is currently in negotiations with Germany to purchase the unused facility, which was built by the German firm Siemens. Schroeder said his government could not stop the sale of the facility.

“We have known for a long time that we would have to fulfill this legal claim,” Schroeder said (Xinhuanet.com, Dec. 8).

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