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what nuclear deal has got to offer?
by SRINIVASA GOWDA on Jul 08, 2008 02:48 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

By asking this I am in no way supporting or blaming CPI(M). Its the party's decision and they have done what they had told long before. Atleast I credit them for sticking to hwat they have said- very rare in Politics.

Well coming back, what will nuclear deal offer to India? Do u guys know the consequences of this deal?

I strongly oppose Nuclear deal for all hidden agenda and many unexplained apprehensions. usa must sign only on 123 agreemnet without counting hyde act as they have clearly told that hyde act is just for clearing the existing law obligations in usa. But always, usa has used hyde act term whenever quentioned or interviewed by Journalists

There are many flaws in this deal with prime concerns hovering over:
* Why India cant reuse the spent fuel?
* What will happen if India goes for Nuclear explosion even owing to logical reasons like china and /or pakistan conducting(will surely conduct high profile tests in near future)threatening tests - note here that these two nations will surely take advantage of IAEA norms that will be imposed on India
* What will be the price of electricity, atleast? will common man be able to pay for it? Will it be cheaper than present vegetable prices for a week's time?
* Which r all the nuclear reactors to be exposed to IAEA vigilance? who will safeguard non-disclosed, entirely menat for defence purpose, reactors?
* Also there is a strong concensus that the fuel is to be used for usa supplied Nuclear reactors only. How many reactors a

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by Rational Thoughts on Jul 08, 2008 03:22 PM   Permalink
These are grounds for embracing the deal not re-buffing it. “Now if you claim to know well than Karan Thapar about external affairs well…then it’s a different story.You can find this article if u run a search in google.
3. What will be the price of electricity, atleast? will common man be able to pay for it? Will it be cheaper than present vegetable prices for a week's time?
Dude…we are talking about 9% of the total production as nuclear share…How do you assume that this 9% will override the rest 91%.Now why should we go for such a costly thing is cos..nuclear energy is clean…its environment friendly.Have you ever thought about countries putting curbs on Indian industry just because they are polluting environment.If not that is a fact…in another 2 years that will be the biggest thing world nations are going to discuss…cos they don’t want their existence in jeopardy cos of other countries polluting the globe.CURBS are defenitly going to come as it happened in textile industry in Thiruppur citing child labour.
3. What will be the price of electricity, atleast? will common man be able to pay for it? Will it be cheaper than present vegetable prices for a week's time?
Dude…we are talking about 9% of the total production as nuclear share…How do you assume that this 9% will override the rest 91%.Now why should we go for such a costly thing is cos..nuclear energy is clean…its environment friendly.Have you ever thought about countries putting curbs on Indian industry just because

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by Rational Thoughts on Jul 08, 2008 03:21 PM   Permalink
1. Why India cant reuse the spent fuel?
>>Well..let us analyze current situation as an answer to this..Right now..almost all the nuclear reactors in India are running 50% less of their capacities ...WHY??cos no 1 is ready to give uranium to India..this deal makes sure that we get it..now Mr.Gowda..ur question is like after getting the uranium y cant v reuse it..my answer is..lets get it first man. One more thing is nuclear energy is a forbidden fruit to almost 90% of the world countries as is Permanent seat in UN Security Council..Y not after getting it start bragging about it??

2. What will happen if India goes for Nuclear explosion even owing to logical reasons like china and /or pakistan conducting(will surely conduct high profile tests in near future)threatening tests - note here that these two nations will surely take advantage of IAEA norms that will be imposed on India.
>> An extract from Karan Thapar’s column in a newspaper..” None other than the American Ambassador has said India would retain the right to test. In fact, even the words “nuclear test” don’t feature in the 123 Agreement. The truth is that if India does test after signing the 123 it would face a more understanding response from Washington than otherwise. This is because the 123 provides for talks and hints at ameliorating circumstances that could condone a test before sanctions kick in. So, if the BJP is really concerned about future tests, the 123 makes them a shade easier

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by veda vyas on Jul 08, 2008 03:08 PM   Permalink
Why India cant reuse the spent fuel?
can you use spent coal? spent fuel is reprocessed for extraction of plutonium. Indian reactors use natural uranium which have about .7% of useful fuel isotope U-235 rest being U-238. once spent it cannot be reused.
What will happen if India goes for Nuclear explosion even owing to logical reasons like china and /or pakistan conducting(will surely conduct high profile tests in near future)threatening tests - note here that these two nations will surely take advantage of IAEA norms that will be imposed on India?
we loose nothing as we have ensured that along with reactors life time fuel is guarenteed and supplied in advance as per the agreement.
What will be the price of electricity, atleast? will common man be able to pay for it? Will it be cheaper than present vegetable prices for a week's time?
cost of electricity will go up any way if we dont invest in nuclear power due to increasing oil/gas prices and reducing coal reserves. costly electricity is better than no electricity.

Which r all the nuclear reactors to be exposed to IAEA vigilance? who will safeguard non-disclosed, entirely menat for defence purpose, reactors?
India already has a safe guarding mechanism in place called Atomic energy regulatory board. We dont need IAEA for that. International community needs IAEA safeguarding. Non IAEA reactors will be unders Indian safeuarding.

Also there is a strong concensus that the fuel is to be used for usa supplied Nuclear reac

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by veda vyas on Jul 08, 2008 03:10 PM   Permalink
Also there is a strong concensus that the fuel is to be used for usa supplied Nuclear reactor.

there is no such criteria. fuel can be supplied by any country and for any IAEA safe guarded power reactor.

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by Shah Mohammad shahid on Jul 08, 2008 02:56 PM   Permalink
Nothing will happen if india will be test next test. the world will not dare to interefer in the india since india has huge soure of survial thing from agriculture to industry to corporate sector to leading brain in the world. world cannot afforad or alian not we indian.

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by Rational Thoughts on Jul 08, 2008 03:23 PM   Permalink
they are polluting environment.If not that is a fact…in another 2 years that will be the biggest thing world nations are going to discuss…cos they don’t want their existence in jeopardy cos of other countries polluting the globe.CURBS are defenitly going to come as it happened in textile industry in Thiruppur citing child labour.
4. Which r all the nuclear reactors to be exposed to IAEA vigilance? who will safeguard non-disclosed, entirely menat for defence purpose, reactors?
>>What is their to hide man…we are talking about civilian energy and there is nothing to hide as long as it is not meant for defence purpose.Now ofcourse thers no wonder why world nations are concerned about security regulations in nuclear reactos and IAEA is a body to make sure of that.Defence reactos are a different story and does’t come under the IAEA agreement…have a better coverage on stuffs.


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by SRINIVASA GOWDA on Jul 08, 2008 02:55 PM   Permalink
all here are concentrating on what CPI(M) has done. is it that important over the concerns of Nuclear deal? can anyone give me replies for the qpprehensions that I have posted?

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by B SRIKANTH on Jul 08, 2008 03:02 PM   Permalink
Forget Mr.Gowda, these USA supporting fools, stupids will never understand the actual hidden agenda of the deal, they dont have brain to understand the deal, their only comments are to bash the Left thats all. First these USA supporting fools should be thrown out of India for supporting them rather than the Lefts to China.

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