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This paper examines the effects of NATO's Agreements for Cooperation on the Use of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes and their compatibility with the terms of the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The author explains that while during the Cold War the arrangements may have been largely overlooked, today the discrepancy with the NPT could become a significant bone of contention, undermining the treaty, so that a major political effort to correct the situation is now justified. The review of NATO's Strategic Concept is an opportunity to do this prior to the crucial NPT Review Conference in May 2010.