True, we have the resources, but without international help we cannot build on it. Essentially, our technology has been built on the Candu reactors given to us by Canada under the US led Atoms For Peace programme. Since the PNE of 1974, we have had to develop the technology on our own without international help. This has slowed down ur nuke tech development while the international tech has raced ahead. It is this gap which can be filled with US help. Even China has had to sign a deal with US for development of their nuke tech. Incidentally China is way behind us in civ nuke tech. They have only 12 reactors for our 22. But after signing the deal with US, they are building lots of nuke reactors and will be ahead of India in the next 5 yrs. It shud be noted that China has placed all its reactors under IAEA safeguards due to Australian pressure. This they did to get at Australian uranium deposits. If they have no problem to throw open their reactors why shud we have any. This is what the Indian Left has to explain. India is had a gud deal as we can still keep many of our military and fast breeder reactors out of reach of IAEA and US inspectors. Another fact is that we do not have enough uranium deposits to power our present and future reactors. By signing the deal we get to buy uranium frm other countries like Australia and Canada, thus saving our meager deposits for our military and fast breeder reactors. If we do not get to the foreign uranium in the next year our present rea
