Indian Missile News And Discussion

[osman]

I also wonder if Arun's analysis of the impending nuclear tests will come true in light of our failed Indo-US nuclear deal. Something Anil Kakodkar calls "betrayal". The liability bill will be buried if a different party gets to power and the Indo-US deal will be given a starved death by limiting the foreign reactors.



http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2816/sto...611900.htm

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ar...151381.ece (It's seems like a smug no.)

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/...k-for-each



The obvious issue here revolves around whether the import of uranium we have right now will help us bridge the gap towards a self sufficient thorium program in fast track mode. If we boot strap the thorium reactors in 10 years. We have moved towards the five fast breeders in plan soon with experiments on higher breeding ratio in at least one of them. Our own AP uranium mines with one of the largest uranium deposits being brought online. Almost all the civilian reactors being stockpiled with IAEA safeguarded uranium imports, freeing up the rest of the uranium for our three stage nuclear power program boot strap.



It looks like a question of when the devices will be tested for deterrence. Of course all this depends on the present government backing BARC and keeping the foreign plants to a minimum. This seems to be a question mark on keeping out foreign reactors. Once the Thorium reactors are boot strapped the earlier reactors are not critical is the reading I get.So a few abandoned foreign reactors will be a short term pinch and not a long term detraction on a road to an energy secure India. It's fascinating how a lot of these issues are inter-connected.