Little Fallout from Nuclear Summit

Editorial, The New York Times | April 16, 2010

The Nuclear Security Summit held recently in Washington drew needed attention to the issue of securing loose nuclear material and resulted in some welcome commitments from nuclear countries in this regard. ++ However, "the final communiqué and ‘work plan' were disappointingly squishy." ++ Required are mandatory standards for securing nuclear facilities and a universal commitment to stop producing weapons-grade material, yet Pakistan, India, and China are resistant to this idea.