10-31-2008, 11:36 AM
<b>Bhopal's Ghosts May Impede U.S.-India Nuclear Trade </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The opponents are turning to the ghosts of Bhopal for help. They are invoking the December 1984 leak of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas at a Union Carbide Corp. factory in that Indian city, which killed 3,800 people, to argue against ratifying a separate accord that would shield U.S. suppliers from liability in the event of a nuclear accident.
``We think it's immoral and unethical for any company or any government to even suggest'' that suppliers of nuclear plants and technology be granted a legal safeguard, said Brinda Prakash Karat, a leader in Parliament from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). ``India has a very bad experience already with a disaster caused by the Union Carbide factory.''
The public resonance that Bhopal still holds in India may add months or years to Indian ratification of the international nuclear-liability treaty. That threatens to make GE and other<b> U.S. suppliers laggards in the race for at least $175 billion </b>that India plans to spend on nuclear energy production in the next 30 years
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Time to share loot. Raise issue so that can get high reward and union control.
``We think it's immoral and unethical for any company or any government to even suggest'' that suppliers of nuclear plants and technology be granted a legal safeguard, said Brinda Prakash Karat, a leader in Parliament from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). ``India has a very bad experience already with a disaster caused by the Union Carbide factory.''
The public resonance that Bhopal still holds in India may add months or years to Indian ratification of the international nuclear-liability treaty. That threatens to make GE and other<b> U.S. suppliers laggards in the race for at least $175 billion </b>that India plans to spend on nuclear energy production in the next 30 years
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Time to share loot. Raise issue so that can get high reward and union control.