In response to the thorium fuel cycle. a. Requires uranium feed too. b. Technology not yet begun by india. Needs at-least 15-20 years to perfect. c. No one else is working on it. d. Even if someone else is successful, there is no way they are going to pass the tech to you.
No one passes tech for free. Also as clearly mentioned by Bush and others they are not going to pass tech for India to build bombs or other offensive weapons. In other words there will still be technology controls in effect and dual tech will not be passed easily. In return MMS promised not to circumvent US laws with regards technology. I must say this, for the United States this is one of the best deals they can get. Cap on nuclear research, CTBT, FCMT exclusive to India, compliance of India to obey US technology export laws, no promise to supply dual use tech, plus export potentials of Nuclear and arms and finally getting the Indian government to act as poodles. Any american citizen should be proud of their negotiators & president atleast for this.
