There is little to gain from this much trumpeted treaty. The fact is US is no longer a leader in civil nuke technology. Over the last 20 years American civil nuke program has gone into wilderness. No nuke plants were built for generating power. Existing plants are either running at minimum capacity or have been shut down. Many plants under construction were mothballed halfway through construction. Universities hardly produce any research papers of worth. The Energy department is not funding any major civil nuke research. Admissions to Nuclear engg courses are closely monitored by tbe State Dept. Hardly any worthwhile nuke talent exists in academics. All nuke research is done in Federal laboratories towards weaponry technology for Neutron bombs, low-yield bombs, laser guns, etc. These garner mega bucks running into hundreds of billions.
On the other hand Indian scientists in bthe last 25 years have developed major breakthrough civil nuke technologies such as fast breeder, thorium fuel production, etc. These can neither be publicised nor patented for IP protection. The best thing will be to defer US offer and develop our technology to ultimate finesse quickly.
