03-30-2006, 09:47 AM
Importing Uranium does not improve energy security any more than importing oil. The NPT requires that India give up all Nuclear Weapons. Even if the deal is approved w/o India required to sign the NPT 60% of the current reactors will transferred to civilian use, so even less matrial for nuclear materials than currently.
I think it was the Fed. of American Scientists who said India is about 10-15 years away from a commercially viable Thorium reactor. THe Indian government needs to increase funding to cut that timeline in half. India has got like 40% of the world's thorium reserves, even if the nuclear deal is approved, it would be stupid to not speed up thorium reactor research.
If the Chinese were in the same position as India, they would have found some small time African country and bribed them to acquire the Uranium.
I think it was the Fed. of American Scientists who said India is about 10-15 years away from a commercially viable Thorium reactor. THe Indian government needs to increase funding to cut that timeline in half. India has got like 40% of the world's thorium reserves, even if the nuclear deal is approved, it would be stupid to not speed up thorium reactor research.
If the Chinese were in the same position as India, they would have found some small time African country and bribed them to acquire the Uranium.