Nuclear Thread - 2

[gangajal]

It does not matter that US is insisting that their supply of nuclear materials for power production will depend on India continuing its moratorium on nuclear testing. Let me give the reason for that. I doubt very much if the world supply of uranium will last more than 50 years if all the major countries of the world start using the fission route to power. The stark truth is oil, coal, natural gas, uranium are all available only in finite quantities. India will hopefully shift to Thorium based power generation by 2050. After that it will not matter if US stops supplying nuclear materials. Moreover, most advanced countries are trying to go the fusion route. This agreement is only a stop gap measure that will preserve India's domestic Uranium supply. So it does not matter that India will not be able to carry out any explosions during this time-period. Once thorium, fusion and solar based power become available then this agreement will die a natural death.