Netherlands bans Iranians from studying nuclear technologyLegislation bans nationals from courses and facilities.http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080707/full/news.2008.938.html
The Dutch government has enacted legislation barring Iranian nationals from access to courses and facilities related to nuclear technology.
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Some students will be allowed to take these courses with a special government waiver, according to Rob Dekker, a spokesman for the Dutch foreign ministry.
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Iranian nationals will also be banned from five nuclear facilities, including those of the Urenco Group, a European company that operates uranium-enrichment plants. Iran's uranium-enrichment technology is thought to be based on plans taken by a Pakistani scientist working at Urenco during the early 1970s.
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"I am against Iranian policy and ideology; that is why I live in the Netherlands," said one Iranian-born nuclear physicist who asked not to be named. "You are banning the enemy of your enemy," he told Nature News.
The Dutch government has enacted legislation barring Iranian nationals from access to courses and facilities related to nuclear technology.
(...)
Some students will be allowed to take these courses with a special government waiver, according to Rob Dekker, a spokesman for the Dutch foreign ministry.
(...)
Iranian nationals will also be banned from five nuclear facilities, including those of the Urenco Group, a European company that operates uranium-enrichment plants. Iran's uranium-enrichment technology is thought to be based on plans taken by a Pakistani scientist working at Urenco during the early 1970s.
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"I am against Iranian policy and ideology; that is why I live in the Netherlands," said one Iranian-born nuclear physicist who asked not to be named. "You are banning the enemy of your enemy," he told Nature News.