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Illegal export of nuclear-related materials

U.S. charges Chinese man with illegal nuclear-related exports, By Lily Kuo WASHINGTON | Wed May 23, 2012 (Reuters) – A Chinese national was charged with illegally exporting to China U.S.-made sensors used to produce weapons-grade uranium, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

Qiang Hu, 47, a sales manager for a Chinese subsidiary of MKS Instruments, was arrested at his hotel in North Andover, Massachusetts and charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. He allegedly allowed thousands of pressure measuring sensors, known as pressure transducers, to be exported from the United States to unauthorized users in China, the department said…. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/us-usa-china-arrest-idUSBRE84N00220120524

May 24, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general