US approves Indian nuclear deal
President Bush and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh agreed to the agreement for the deal and the US Congress just passed the bill as well. This is deemed to be historic by some but also that it is hurting non-profileration (that is the spreading of nuclear technology).
India will get access to US civil nuclear technology and fuel in return for allowing their civilian nuclear facilities to be inspected, nuclear weapons sites though remain off-limits. India has made it clear also that this does not mean it supports the U.S.'s ways in Iran and also that they do not have to stop creating fissile material.
This comes as a shock to me because India has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty so I do not undertsand why we would give them access to our facilities. We are not gaining much in return because we are not able to see their nuclear weapons sites so what is to gain from this? They could use the access to create more nuclear weapons. I do not see President Bush's or the U.S. Congress' reasoning in this. I do see how we are helping them because they are in desperate need of energy but we need to at least gain something in return. Checking their civil facilites does nothing for us.
posted by Anonymous @ 12/12/2006 08:08:00 PM
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Well, first off, checking their civil facilities allows us to view their nuclear safety systems and helps to prevent another Chernobyl from happening. It's more of a preventive measure of anything. This is a great development for the world, as the world moves to the more clean power provided by nuclear fission. Nuclear energy is very reliable and relatively clean (in fact, the nuclear waste could be returned to the site where the fuel was dug up, as since radioactive decay would have made the material less radioactive than before). Nuclear power for India could help curb down carbon emissions from the highly populated and urbanized country, and help the country become more developed, as power would be far more available to everyone. Hopefully, nuclear weapons don't suddenly appear in India after this agreement, but India seems like a very trustworthy country.
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