An additional protocol to the nuclear safeguards agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the US, giving the agency better access to nuclear sites has entered into force, making America the last of the five atomic-weapon states party to the global non-proliferation pact.
The protocol entered into force Wednesday when US Ambassador Gregory Schulte formally handed over the
notification marking completion of the country's ratification procedures to IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei.
With the entry into force of the US' Additional Protocol, all five nuclear-weapon states party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation
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