How much power will be generated through nuclear technology? How much will it cost? Who will provide the technology? What about the environmental effect, how the nuclear waste is going to be handled? What if the US decides to stop supplying raw materials and technology? etc. I think Govt. should have taken the scientists opinions on these issues before even thinking about the deal.
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by Vas on Jul 23, 2008 03:12 AM Permalink
Majority of Indian scientists have already given their opinion that this deal stinks, and is NOT in the best interest of the nation. The ones raving on about how the deal will ''help'' India, including the semi-literates posting here, have never even read the entire deal carefully. Thats why it is tragic to see the overwhelming majority of Indians, who can barely read and write, jumping with "joy" over this deal and gushing about MMS's victory, just because they are congress sycophants and endorse by default anything that the Congress does!
That is what is so scary, and tragic, about the Indian situation- that many people who are not competent in any way to analyze the terms and conditions of the deal, rush about expressing support for it.
The overall conclusion of many scientists, who have no stake in the deal or the government, is that the deal will bind India to the political and defense whims of the US, while providing very little nuclear power capability to India, at least in near future.
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by Manoj M on Jul 23, 2008 04:04 AM Permalink
Of course the scientists will say so. It's their crappy work being exposed when global technologies come into play & their own developed lousy nuclear power plants are shown to be plain inefficient compared to the next generation ones. Of course they will oppose it. How is it that countries like France generate 70-80% of their power thru nuclear power & we after almost 50 years of nuclear research are still struggling at 3%?
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by SKS on Jul 23, 2008 04:13 AM Permalink
From where did you get the figure 70-80%? please give reference. I don't know, if the scientists are saying this because of self-interest. But, it is clear that MMS used money power to stay in POWER.
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by Manoj M on Jul 23, 2008 04:47 AM Permalink
Just google it you will find where I got the figure. MMS used moneypower & honestly I'm no fan of Congress or MMS but this for one was a step in the right direction or let me say, money spent well. BJP, which you probably support would have happily signed this deal. The fact they opposed it is strange as they were the initial architects of this deal.
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by SKS on Jul 23, 2008 06:17 AM Permalink
Monoj, its 79% of total electric power, not total power. So, I don't know how significant it is. But, my point was just that we need serious debate among scientists before taking any steps. In state cash was paid to pass the deal. It doesn't matter what BJP wud have done.
RE:Shame on Govt and MMS
by galilio on Jul 23, 2008 11:48 AM Permalink
True France owns 68 reactors and produce 70% power out of nuclear.it has advantage of holding collonial rule on west african countries niger, nambia,male ect which control 15% uranium production.hence france invested in above countries reprocessing plants and brng back to france to make fuel fissonable isotope ready to be used in their rectors.it has technology to process,enrichment and reprocessing of spent waste fuel ect and hence it edge over america and other countries in fuel supply position and you can not compare with india where uranium production is just below 1% in jaharkand,andra megalaya which our govt did not concentrate much america has totally 104 nuclear reactors and get uranium from canada,brazil,australia and has its own mines. due to supply difficulty america did not invest further on nuclear reactor. Nuclear deal with america is good on face value if one see the benefits alone.if you see the negative side,we surrender to west/america and can not produce nuclear war heads in future and high cost of power production and heavy investment will make power tariff very high compared to conventional thermal,hydel power units which govt could concentrate with 1/4 of investment likely to be made in nuclear power.
