Wednesday, February 18, 2009

MY CONCERNS

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Indian civil facilities to be put under IAEA safeguards

Clause 34 and 39-42: India to submit design as soon as it decides to build or modify a facility.

Clauses 117 and 127: Not only 14 reactors but additionally 21 places too will be in the net.
These include 3 Heavy water plants,6 installations at Nuclear fuel complex,PREFRE reprocessing plant at Tarapur,Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Since research in civil facilities paves way for military development, our military technology too is bound to be affected. If Indian defense needs more plutonium in future, it will not be able to divert from civilian reactors and hence more military reactors will have to be built which will take about 8 years.


Clause 32: India can withdraw a facility from safeguards with prior consent of IAEA only after it is no longer usable, meaning it is dismantled.

Clause 104-106: No arbitration in case of dispute. We can only appeal to the board whose decision will be binding and if we do not adhere to it, it will be reported to UN General Assembly.
Have we ever received justice there? History is witness to this.

Additional Protocol s demanded by Hyde Act to be based on IAEA protocol applicable to non nuclear states. We cannot transfer equipment, personnel, design and operating manuals from Civil to military programme.

Under Para 23d and 26 d, indigenous stocks of Thorium (exceeding 20 Tonnes) will be open to perpetual inspections

Inspection cost which will be borne by India will be Euro 1.2 Million per site per year. Why do we pay for this?

India agreed to separate civilian and military facilities and programmes.Why throw down the drain what our scientists have achieved? The cost of separation will be huge and this was never mentioned in the house even though BJP is asking 

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