Rediff.com |  Feedback  
You are here: » Rediff Home » Discussion Boards » Permalink
  
View : Single Message | Complete Thread | Read complete Discussion
nuclear treaty
by K. K. Sinha on Jul 25, 2005 06:09 PM

Following are my comments:
1. It is true that it ends our isolation in the nuclear field, but it does not promise any thing in return within a definite time frame. Right now the country needs fuel ( Natural Uranium) to keep its reactors running (which are already running at less than optimum capacity for want of fuel). It is not clear when can India buy nuclear fuel (natural or enriched) at commercial prices from the available market.
2. In the name of inspection, it opens opens our facilities to IAEA i.e. US inspection, as it happened in case of Iran. But what technology or equipment India will get remains to be seen and guessed.
3. It will put grater pressure on our technologists to be more efficient as regards fissile material accounting is concerned, which our people may not relish.

    Forward  |  Report abuse
The above message is part of the Discussion Board:
The nuclear treaty: A good deal