A US nuclear engineer engaged in a two-decade-long conspiracy with a Chinese state-owned company to obtain American nuclear reactor secrets, according to an indictment unsealed today. Szuhsiung Ho, also known as Allen Ho, a naturalised American citizen of Chinese origin, and China General Nuclear Power Company were indicted on charges of producing special nuclear material outside the United States without the required Energy Department approval. Mr Ho, who ran a company called Energy Technology International from his home in Wilmington, Delaware, worked as a paid senior adviser to CGNPC, China’s largest nuclear power company, the indictment says. Beginning in 1997, he arranged for several US-based experts to travel to China for briefings and to answer requests for help from Chinese nuclear specialists. Mr Ho is also accused of acting as an agent of a for eign government. “China has the budget to spend,” he emailed a potential recruit on October 4, 2009. “They asked me if I could form a comprehensive team to provide technology transfer in design and manufacturing related training, and technical support. They said budget is no issue.”
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