News, Bush cancels civilian nuclear deal with Russia. (Condoleezza Rice, Congress, dollars)

[JD59]

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a pointed but mostly symbolic expression of displeasure with Moscow, President Bush on Monday canceled a once-celebrated civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Russia.

Bush had sent the agreement to Congress for approval in May, after a much-heralded signing by the two nations that capped two years of tough negotiations. On Monday, he officially pulled it back, a move announced by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


Bush cancels civilian nuclear deal with Russia

[GregW]

Too bad this didn't work. We would have been supplying the Russians with billions of dollars worth of spent fuel rods they could have remanufactured into a limitless source of nuclear energy that they could have sold back to us at great profit. This is too bad for Russia but not so bad for us because we can recycle the fuel into new assemblies for our reactors.