AN Prasad : "On a quick look at the text it is evident that it generally follows the standard safeguards practices already in vogue in the IAEA and there is hardly any India-specific article," he said.
if a "quick look" is all that the document on this deal merits to AN Prasad, he should not bother to enter into this serious discussion. if he is serious about discussing the merits of this deal, he should give it a detailed study and let us know if the fears of other distinguished scientists like PK Iyengar and A Gopalakrishnan are valid or not.
RE:a quick look?
by deepak on Jul 10, 2008 08:51 PM Permalink
Hello Text is a quick look... It is so vogue, there is almost nothing... Why does the agency need to do India's safeguard, when India already has nuclear bomb, and advance reaserch of nuclear research facilities. Agency's job, to this date, has been to inspect if NPT countries are not creating weapons... India is not an NPT member, and doesn't recognize NPT.. Agency cannot come in, and inspect, what is really ours... Little to no article related to India's soverign rights as far nuclear testing is concerned, and what possible objection could agency have, and its subsequent actions, if india does more tests... As far as USA is concerned, USA is clear about it in Hyde Act if India tests nuclear weapons... In hyde act, there is no distinction, whether India did it using its own technology or it did it using foreign technology. If India tests nuclear weapons, USA will pull out all of its technology, and colloboration...
