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yes we can use only if the FBR is safe guarded otherwise no chance...
we cant use any foriegn materials for unsafe gaurded reactors
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yes we can use only if the FBR is safe guarded otherwise no chance...
we cant use any foriegn materials for unsafe gaurded reactors
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oh ok, then also no problem. We are keeping lot of PHWR out of safeguards so we can use the plutonium from there to the FBR's. Now I understood the mines purchased. They are going to be used there.
Congratulations!
France is the leader in civil nuclear technology and she'll be a better partner in this field than USA and Russia together.
I envy you guys!
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India and France [Images] on Tuesday signed a landmark Agreement on development of civil nuclear cooperation, giving a new impetus to cooperation in development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as an expression of their strategic partnership.
'N-pact adds new dimension to ties'
The agreement will form the basis of wide-ranging bilateral cooperation from basic and applied research to full civil nuclear cooperation, including reactors, nuclear fuel supply, nuclear safety, radiation and environment protection and nuclear fuel cycle management, officials said.
The two sides also signed a Social Security Agreement and a pact for cooperation in space technology.
The nuclear agreement and the social security pacts were signed after the Summit meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] and French President Nicholas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday.
'India values its nuclear partnership with France, Russia'
The civil nuclear cooperation agreement recognizes that as a reliable source of sustainable and non-polluting energy, it could make a significant contribution to meeting the global challenge of achieving energy security, sustainable development, economic growth and limiting climate change.
As responsible states with advanced nuclear technologies, including in the nuclear fuel cycle, the two countries are interested to promote nuclear energy with the highest standards of safety and security and in accordance with their respective nuclear policies and international obligations.
France backs India's inclusion in G-8
"India and France share common concerns and objectives in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery including in view of possible linkages to terrorism," the officials said.
Building on their ongoing decades-old cooperation in the fields of fundamental and applied research, and nuclear safety, it was agreed to broaden and boost this partnership.
"Towards this end, a 'Co-operation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the French Republic on the Development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy' was signed on 30th September 2008," the officials added.
Image: French Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner (Right) and India's Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar sign a cooperation agreement between France and India for the development of civilian nuclear technology as France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh look on at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Link:http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/30ndeal3.htm
'N-pact adds new dimension to ties'
The agreement will form the basis of wide-ranging bilateral cooperation from basic and applied research to full civil nuclear cooperation, including reactors, nuclear fuel supply, nuclear safety, radiation and environment protection and nuclear fuel cycle management, officials said.
The two sides also signed a Social Security Agreement and a pact for cooperation in space technology.
The nuclear agreement and the social security pacts were signed after the Summit meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] and French President Nicholas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday.
'India values its nuclear partnership with France, Russia'
The civil nuclear cooperation agreement recognizes that as a reliable source of sustainable and non-polluting energy, it could make a significant contribution to meeting the global challenge of achieving energy security, sustainable development, economic growth and limiting climate change.
As responsible states with advanced nuclear technologies, including in the nuclear fuel cycle, the two countries are interested to promote nuclear energy with the highest standards of safety and security and in accordance with their respective nuclear policies and international obligations.
France backs India's inclusion in G-8
"India and France share common concerns and objectives in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery including in view of possible linkages to terrorism," the officials said.
Building on their ongoing decades-old cooperation in the fields of fundamental and applied research, and nuclear safety, it was agreed to broaden and boost this partnership.
"Towards this end, a 'Co-operation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the French Republic on the Development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy' was signed on 30th September 2008," the officials added.
Image: French Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner (Right) and India's Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar sign a cooperation agreement between France and India for the development of civilian nuclear technology as France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh look on at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Link:http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/30ndeal3.htm
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France backs India's inclusion in G-8
France [Images] has made a strong case for expansion of the UN Security Council and Group of eight industrialised nations, saying 'we cannot wait any longer' to bring in countries like India and China into G-8.
"The 21st century world cannot be governed with the institutions of the 20th century," French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
"Let today's major powers and the powers of tomorrow unite to shoulder together the responsibilities their influence give them in world affairs," Sarkozy, who is the current president of the EU, said.
He favoured expansion of the powerful 15-member Council and G-8, saying that it is not just 'a matter fairness' but a necessary condition for 'being able to act effectively'.
"We cannot wait any longer to enlarge the Security Council. We cannot wait any longer to turn the G8 into the G13 or G14 and to bring in China, India, South Africa [Images], Mexico and Brazil [Images]," said Sarkozy, who will host Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] on September 30.
India is among the countries which are strong favourites for becoming a permanent member in an expanded Council. Currently, the permanent members are the United States, Britain, France, Russia [Images] and China.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said 'only legitimate and effective instruments can assure collective security'.
"The United Nations has spent 15 years discussing the reform of the Security Council. Today's structure has been frozen for six decades and does not relate to the challenges of today's world," he said.
link:France backs India's inclusion in G-8
France [Images] has made a strong case for expansion of the UN Security Council and Group of eight industrialised nations, saying 'we cannot wait any longer' to bring in countries like India and China into G-8.
"The 21st century world cannot be governed with the institutions of the 20th century," French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
"Let today's major powers and the powers of tomorrow unite to shoulder together the responsibilities their influence give them in world affairs," Sarkozy, who is the current president of the EU, said.
He favoured expansion of the powerful 15-member Council and G-8, saying that it is not just 'a matter fairness' but a necessary condition for 'being able to act effectively'.
"We cannot wait any longer to enlarge the Security Council. We cannot wait any longer to turn the G8 into the G13 or G14 and to bring in China, India, South Africa [Images], Mexico and Brazil [Images]," said Sarkozy, who will host Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] on September 30.
India is among the countries which are strong favourites for becoming a permanent member in an expanded Council. Currently, the permanent members are the United States, Britain, France, Russia [Images] and China.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said 'only legitimate and effective instruments can assure collective security'.
"The United Nations has spent 15 years discussing the reform of the Security Council. Today's structure has been frozen for six decades and does not relate to the challenges of today's world," he said.
link:France backs India's inclusion in G-8
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India, France extend space ties
India and France [Images] on Tuesday inked a space cooperation agreement.
The agreement for cooperation in space technology was signed between Astrium and Antrix -- commercial arm of the ISRO -- entailes utilisation of the PSLV launch services.
It was signed by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman ISRO/Antrix, and Secretary Department of Space, and Astrium CEO Francois Auqua.
It enables Astrium to offer attractive solutions in international markets for in-orbit delivery of its earth observation satellites, using the PSLV launch services from Antrix/ISRO.
Both companies have been cooperating during the past five years in the field of space activities, an ANTRIX spokesman said, adding that the cooperation represents a major breakthrough Dr Singh-Sarkozy was the second meeting between the two leaders during the past two days after they met at the Ninth India-European Union Summit at Marseille, a picturesque 2600-year-old port city, on Monday.
The French President, while declaring that the world needed India to fight climate change, sought to allay nuclear proliferation concerns about India, saying "We trust Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh [Images]) and we trust India."
Link:India, France extend space ties
India and France [Images] on Tuesday inked a space cooperation agreement.
The agreement for cooperation in space technology was signed between Astrium and Antrix -- commercial arm of the ISRO -- entailes utilisation of the PSLV launch services.
It was signed by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman ISRO/Antrix, and Secretary Department of Space, and Astrium CEO Francois Auqua.
It enables Astrium to offer attractive solutions in international markets for in-orbit delivery of its earth observation satellites, using the PSLV launch services from Antrix/ISRO.
Both companies have been cooperating during the past five years in the field of space activities, an ANTRIX spokesman said, adding that the cooperation represents a major breakthrough Dr Singh-Sarkozy was the second meeting between the two leaders during the past two days after they met at the Ninth India-European Union Summit at Marseille, a picturesque 2600-year-old port city, on Monday.
The French President, while declaring that the world needed India to fight climate change, sought to allay nuclear proliferation concerns about India, saying "We trust Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh [Images]) and we trust India."
Link:India, France extend space ties
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You mean senate.????
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Congratulations!
France is the leader in civil nuclear technology and she'll be a better partner in this field than USA and Russia together.
I envy you guys!
Personally, of all the Permt members of the security council, France is the country to watch.
It has steadily & surely extended itself across Asia, Africa & Mid East without creating major ripples.
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no, i know senate already approved it, i thought congress passed it yesterday.
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no actually house of representatives has passed the bill.....senate is yet to VOTE on the bill........probably tommorrow
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Senate may be close to vote on India nuclear pact
Senate may be close to vote on India nuclear pact - CNN.com
(CNN) -- The Senate may be ready to give approval this week to a nuclear trade deal with India that the Bush administration has been pushing Congress to complete.
The House of Representatives gave its OK to the bill Saturday, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has predicted that the Senate could vote as early as Wednesday.
But the vote is not a certainty. At least one senator has been using parliamentary rules to anonymously block a vote.
And there must be agreement to remove a clause stipulating that congressional approval can be made only after the Senate is in session for 30 days. Lawmakers just returned from recess a few weeks ago, and they soon will take another to campaign for the November election.
Approval would open the way for contracts worth billions of dollars for U.S. companies in areas such as civilian nuclear equipment, fuel reprocessing technology and expertise.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been lobbying hard for the deal, in person and on the phone, even as lawmakers were occupied by the country's financial crisis.
She made another public pitch for the trade deal Tuesday and said she appreciates the efforts of the Democratic leadership.
"I certainly hope that it can get done, because it would be a landmark agreement for India and the United States," Rice said at the State Department. "And it would be a way to solidify what has been an extraordinary period in which U.S.-Indian relations have reached the kind of deepening that is really appropriate for two of the world's largest and great democracies."
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the deal, and only two senators, Barbara Boxer, D-California, and Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, voted against it.
The State Department has declined to predict when the Senate will vote on the pact or what the vote's outcome will be.
"It's got strong bipartisan support, so we hope to see it happen," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said Tuesday.
Nuclear trade with India was banned after India exploded a nuclear device in 1974 and refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Now India has agreed to give access to international inspectors at some of its reactors. And in an informal agreement between the two nations, the United States says it would halt any nuclear cooperation should India resume testing.
The New York Times trumpeted its opposition to the pact Tuesday with an editorial titled "A Bad India Deal." The newspaper said the Bush administration didn't push India hard enough to stop producing bomb-making material and increasing its nuclear arsenal.
Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said the deal would be important for U.S.-India relations and would cement U.S. ties with an important ally.
"I think it is a good move for the United States," she said. "India is a big player. Its power and influence are increasing throughout the region."
Curtis, who served as a Foreign Service officer in India and has been following the debate in Congress, disputed critics' claims that the deal would complicate U.S. efforts to pressure Iran to halt its nuclear program.
"India and Iran are two different countries. India can be an example of how Iran can take steps to bring itself into the international community," she said.
The Indian nuclear market is a rich prize. The French government clinched its own nuclear trade deal with India on Wednesday when President Nicolas Sarkozy signed an agreement in Paris. That puts French companies in the running for some of the same contracts U.S. companies want.
U.S. President Bush met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House last week, in the midst of the government efforts to stave off the U.S. financial crisis. Both leaders talked about the importance of final U.S. approval of the civilian nuclear deal.
"For 34 years, India has suffered from a nuclear apartheid," Singh said during a photo session with Bush. "We have not been able to trade in nuclear material, nuclear reactors, nuclear raw materials. And when this restrictive regime ends, I think a great deal of credit will go to President Bush. And for this, I am very grateful to you, Mr. President."
Senate may be close to vote on India nuclear pact - CNN.com
(CNN) -- The Senate may be ready to give approval this week to a nuclear trade deal with India that the Bush administration has been pushing Congress to complete.
The House of Representatives gave its OK to the bill Saturday, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has predicted that the Senate could vote as early as Wednesday.
But the vote is not a certainty. At least one senator has been using parliamentary rules to anonymously block a vote.
And there must be agreement to remove a clause stipulating that congressional approval can be made only after the Senate is in session for 30 days. Lawmakers just returned from recess a few weeks ago, and they soon will take another to campaign for the November election.
Approval would open the way for contracts worth billions of dollars for U.S. companies in areas such as civilian nuclear equipment, fuel reprocessing technology and expertise.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been lobbying hard for the deal, in person and on the phone, even as lawmakers were occupied by the country's financial crisis.
She made another public pitch for the trade deal Tuesday and said she appreciates the efforts of the Democratic leadership.
"I certainly hope that it can get done, because it would be a landmark agreement for India and the United States," Rice said at the State Department. "And it would be a way to solidify what has been an extraordinary period in which U.S.-Indian relations have reached the kind of deepening that is really appropriate for two of the world's largest and great democracies."
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the deal, and only two senators, Barbara Boxer, D-California, and Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, voted against it.
The State Department has declined to predict when the Senate will vote on the pact or what the vote's outcome will be.
"It's got strong bipartisan support, so we hope to see it happen," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said Tuesday.
Nuclear trade with India was banned after India exploded a nuclear device in 1974 and refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Now India has agreed to give access to international inspectors at some of its reactors. And in an informal agreement between the two nations, the United States says it would halt any nuclear cooperation should India resume testing.
The New York Times trumpeted its opposition to the pact Tuesday with an editorial titled "A Bad India Deal." The newspaper said the Bush administration didn't push India hard enough to stop producing bomb-making material and increasing its nuclear arsenal.
Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said the deal would be important for U.S.-India relations and would cement U.S. ties with an important ally.
"I think it is a good move for the United States," she said. "India is a big player. Its power and influence are increasing throughout the region."
Curtis, who served as a Foreign Service officer in India and has been following the debate in Congress, disputed critics' claims that the deal would complicate U.S. efforts to pressure Iran to halt its nuclear program.
"India and Iran are two different countries. India can be an example of how Iran can take steps to bring itself into the international community," she said.
The Indian nuclear market is a rich prize. The French government clinched its own nuclear trade deal with India on Wednesday when President Nicolas Sarkozy signed an agreement in Paris. That puts French companies in the running for some of the same contracts U.S. companies want.
U.S. President Bush met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House last week, in the midst of the government efforts to stave off the U.S. financial crisis. Both leaders talked about the importance of final U.S. approval of the civilian nuclear deal.
"For 34 years, India has suffered from a nuclear apartheid," Singh said during a photo session with Bush. "We have not been able to trade in nuclear material, nuclear reactors, nuclear raw materials. And when this restrictive regime ends, I think a great deal of credit will go to President Bush. And for this, I am very grateful to you, Mr. President."
WASHINGTON: The New York Times on Tuesday asked the Senate to show better judgment than the House did when it takes up the Indo-US nuclear deal.
In a leading article, the newspaper called the deal ill conceived as it could make it even harder to rein in the nuclear ambitions of Iran and others. For 30 years, ever since India used its civilian nuclear programme to produce a bomb, the editorial noted, the world has been barred from selling any nuclear technology to India. The deal, pressed hard by American business and Indias lobbyists, would allow the United States to break that ban and open the way for the rest of the world to sell reactors and fuel to India as well, the newspaper warned.
President Bush and his aides were so eager for a foreign-policy success that they didnt even try to get India to limit its weapons programme in return. They got no promise from India to stop producing bombing-making material, no promise not to expand its arsenal and no promise not to resume nuclear testing, the editorial said.
Accusation: It accused the House Foreign Affairs Committee of having abdicated its oversight responsibilities as it had held no public hearings and sent the deal straight to the floor without even a committee vote. We are befuddled as to how the committees chairman, Representative Howard Berman, could say he has concerns about ambiguities in the agreement and still vote for it, the newspaper asked.
The editorial pointed out that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had done only slightly more work, having held one hearing at which administration cheerleaders were asked to testify. While noting that India is a democracy and a rising power that has sent many thousands of talented people to live and work in the US and backing President Bush for correctly choosing to build a new relationship with India, the newspaper said that the president had erred in making the nuclear deal the centrepiece of that relationship. And he erred in assuming that he could selectively break the nuclear rules for India and still argue that other countries had to do a lot more to rein in Iran.
The New York Times said the deal approved by the House fails to meet legal requirements set previously by Congress. For example, it is not accompanied by a commitment by countries engaged in nuclear trade to ban transfers to India of enrichment and reprocessing equipment that is essential to weapon production. Also, it does not include a credible plan by the Indians for separating their military and civilian nuclear programmes. The editorial called on the Senate to postpone action until the next Congress can figure out how to limit the damage from this deal.
