It is almost an year since I last wrote on this blog about the 123 agreement. Much has happened since then, better sense prevailed and on 27th Sep 2008, US House of representatives finally approved the deal. Time now to think what is the best way going forward.
Some points to ponder over:
1. Utilisation of the installed capacity
2. Research on Thorium based reactors
3. Politics of the deal and impact on the regional power imbalances
4. Nuclear waste and the strategies to deal with it
Russia, France and US will be falling head over heels to cater to this new found opportunity of enhancing the nuclear power generation capacity of India. It is good that two of the three (France and Russia) have historically enjoyed good relations with India. Therefore, they would expect a share in the pie. However, US having taken the lead in ensuring that the deal is passed, would certainly like to ensure that its share remains the largest. The key issue here would be how the alignment with either nation affect the regional balances. China has already shown its wariness of the deal and does not want a strong neighbour. Growing proximity with US will only "antagonise" China (to which I would say...Oh really!...I don't care) and further lead to weakening of any small links that have developed between the two most populous nations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-US_civilian_nuclear_agreement
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People should read this.
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