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. In stead, the Govt. has used unscrupulous means to stay on the power and push the deal. I can say for sure, it is a black day for democracy.
RE:Shameful
by shivkumar mohite on Jul 23, 2008 02:19 PM Permalink
I think Pranab Mukherjee made it clear in his speech on 21st July what will be implications of staying isolated from nuclear fuel suppliers group. He also explained what will be advantages of nuclear energy. This may not become apparent now but this is for our children who will reap the benefits of it thirty to forty years from now. It is just as you sow the seed of a mango tree now and it will bear fruits twenty years later. We have to think of power requirements decades from now. The nuclear reactors will have to be imported so what even many power generation units have imported technology. We use TVs, mobile phones, aircrafts and cars that are not indeginously produced. We may not have to import every brick from other countries to build our nuclear reactors but most of the essential parts including fuel has to be imported to sustain our power requirements.
