Thirty seven Nobel Laureates in US signed a letter opposing the administration’s proposed nuclear trade deal between India and the United States. The letter was released at a press briefing at the National Press Club(US) on 15th june.
The Federation of American Scientists was founded by scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. The founders of FAS understood that the technology that made nuclear power possible and the technology that made nuclear weapons possible were inextricably entangled. One of the founding issues of the Federation was, therefore, openness and international inspection, if not control, of all the world’s nuclear facilities. They recognized that this was the only hope of avoiding wide-spread proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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by Rajendra Nayak on Jun 21, 2008 06:18 AM Permalink
The startling fact is that (20-06-08) many US nuke parts (they are not specifing what it is) are missing and untraceable. Even the most powerful country faces these problems. This means it is better to stop this technology for fear of terrorism or use it without any fear. The worst part is when the news reports mention the presence of 10% of uranium in some ores of India why beg Uranium from other Nations? We can sign later on but process Uranium for today or tomorrow than wait till the fuel is not there for nuclear plants. The inspection is only for Indians and Asian countries but nobody has guts to question a small nation like N.Korea and Iran. Russia and America have plenty of weapons to blow up the solar system also. The fact is that some rogue businessmen of US origin want to make plenty of money in billions and this is the way to arm twist the Indians by treaties. Tomorrow after signing if we say hell to the treaty what is US going to do? Nothing! Hence we should get Uranium and they say Hell to all of them and then process our Uranium. We should be also crooked like others. We are not making bombs but want electricity and this is what US should understand. IF INDIA USES COAL WHO IS THE SUFFERER? THE WHOLE WORLD! One billion Indians need Electricity and US is facing floods and storms of the century. Indian peninsula is very well protected and we may face erosion and the sea entering land but not storms as seen in US. Let us use coal for US floods.
