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This paper addresses the concern that the expected revival of nuclear power could result in worldwide dissemination of uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing technologies. It looks at international efforts to develop a system of credible guarantees of supply of low enriched uranium and nuclear fuel to assure customer countries that they will have a reliable fuel supply conditioned only on their meeting some predetermined qualifying non‐proliferation criteria. The author analyzes the 12 existing proposals on multilateralization of the nuclear fuel cycle and evaluates the pros and cons of the various projected international mechanisms.