US asks India to modify nuclear liability regime

[Major Shaitan Singh]

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday asked India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.

Clinton made the call in a 40 minute meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session with Indian external affairs minister SM Krishna, according to a senior state department Official.

India's nuclear liability regime has become a sticking point in the full implementation of the landmark India-US nuclear deal, with American companies reluctant to do business under the tough compensation legislation passed by the Indian parliament.

Clinton complimented India on its active participation in the New Silk Road initiative to strengthen transit and trade in South and Central Asia as the two ministers compared notes on the upcoming New Silk Road conference in Istanbul early November, the US official said.

Clinton and Krishna agreed on the importance of the two countries' shared bilateral, regional and global efforts to combat terrorism and the establishment of the new Global Counterterrorism forum, he said.

They also discussed Middle East peace, and both ministers expressed the hope that the Israelis and Palestinians will take up the proposal put forward by the Quartet Sep 23 and come back to the negotiating table.

Clinton and Krishna also discussed the situation in Syria, and the need for a strong message from the UN Security Council to the Asad regime that the violence must end.

Clinton also thanked Krishna for India's peacekeeping contribution in South Sudan, and they discussed the need to work with both Khartoum and Juba to quell the violence in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan

 

[angeldemon_007]

Thats not fair. They made BP to pay 20 billion $ for just oil spillage and they don't wanna pay anything if a nuclear accident happens. I think friendship with US is good but i don't think we should compromise on this issue. US is looking for their welfare and we should look for ours especially because we have more to lose

 

[Kazhugu]

not happening...mrs clinton....one bhopal is enough for us....

 

[angeldemon_007]

We should also ask for justice in Bhopal case...

 

[ashokdeiva]

Why to go for Nuclear Energy, Germany on the wake of Japan Incident has decided to go for cleaner source of Energy and decommisioning of the existing Reactors by 2030, India should also follow suite. Exept maintaining a few reactors to replace decommisioned WMD, we should be abandoning N - power.
Also possibly we should go into agrement with Pakistan and China to reduce WMD by the near future.

 

[Screambowl]

Why to go for Nuclear Energy, Germany on the wake of Japan Incident has decided to go for cleaner source of Energy and decommisioning of the existing Reactors by 2030, India should also follow suite. Exept maintaining a few reactors to replace decommisioned WMD, we should be abandoning N - power.
Also possibly we should go into agrement with Pakistan and China to reduce WMD by the near future.

India's population is about 15 times of Germany. Where and how would we produce the energy for the population without burning coal and diesel? But what Clinton is saying is not acceptable.

 

[lem34]

This is the start of american interference. learn from our lesson American freindship is never all it seems.

 

[fd24]

Why to go for Nuclear Energy, Germany on the wake of Japan Incident has decided to go for cleaner source of Energy and decommisioning of the existing Reactors by 2030, India should also follow suite. Exept maintaining a few reactors to replace decommisioned WMD, we should be abandoning N - power.
Also possibly we should go into agrement with Pakistan and China to reduce WMD by the near future.

I hope the leaders of India go to Ashoks house and pick him up and make him the foreign minister. He has more tact and sense in his posts than both of our nation leaders!!!!!!!!

 

[Moorkh]

Why to go for Nuclear Energy, Germany on the wake of Japan Incident has decided to go for cleaner source of Energy and decommisioning of the existing Reactors by 2030, India should also follow suite. Exept maintaining a few reactors to replace decommisioned WMD, we should be abandoning N - power.
Also possibly we should go into agrement with Pakistan and China to reduce WMD by the near future.

1) Nuclear reactors have the smallest enviornmental footprint of any source of electricity we might come up with
2) Nuclear fuel available in the world will last much much longer than the coal or petroleum we might otherwise burn for electricity

 

[Obambam]

This is the start of american interference. learn from our lesson American freindship is never all it seems.

Just look at what happened to Pakistan and what happened to Libya. They are not as humanitarian as they say they are. It has always been about them and nothing but themselves. There are no such thing as friendship. Heck Gaddafi even shook hands with Tony Blair, supported Sarcozy and had good relations with the Italians. Look what happened to him and his regime now.

 

[Moorkh]

When they say that a nuclear bomb should not be used since it will cause irreparable damage for generations then how come they want the compensation for a nuclear explosion (equal to mini nuclear bomb ) to be reduced ?

Really !! these westerners never value the life of any humans except their own countrymen. What a shame...

Also, if the proponents are correct, all the active/passive protective measures are sufficient. Then the compensation should not matter all togather. Why the fuss ?

accidents in nuclear reactors do not cause nuclear explosions. Read up on it, the worst that happens is that the reactor core core bursts spilling the coolant. A good design can easily contain that like what happened in 3 mile island case.

 

[WHITESMOKE]

This is the start of american interference. learn from our lesson American freindship is never all it seems.

Well, till now no American reactor deal has been singed..instead its already done with Russia and France etc.. It will be same until USA come down to negotiation table ... Until then, they are free to make statements.

 

[ashokdeiva]

India's population is about 15 times of Germany. Where and how would we produce the energy for the population without burning coal and diesel? But what Clinton is saying is not acceptable.

What you are saying is correct, but how much energy is wasted by irresponsible people and EB staffs, The EB guys don't remember to switch off the Street Lights by morning,
Most of the Corporate sectors use AC unnecessarily.
By consuming more energy we are not doing any good to the environment, but destroying it.
Use resources responsibily should the the moto for every one in this planet

 

[ashokdeiva]

1) Nuclear reactors have the smallest enviornmental footprint of any source of electricity we might come up with
2) Nuclear fuel available in the world will last much much longer than the coal or petroleum we might otherwise burn for electricity

I agree with you, but you have to accept the fact the Radio active waste are the longest decaying material in the planet and dumping them in sea and ocean results in mutaion of sea life, In the Tsunami in 2001, the tidel waves brought most of the nuclear waste we have dumped in to the Bay of Bengal to the Southern shores, A study reveal that after the Tsunami, that babies born in the Kalpakam costal areas have malformed growth and fused limbs,
We have to work for the future generation, not to make a hell of a place of the next generation.

 

[pmukherjee]

Our energy requirements are huge and will increase at a phenomenal rate. Till we are able to bridge the gap between what we need and what we produce, our progress will be seriously hampered. Only 2.7% of our power generation comes from nuclear power plants whereas, nearly 66% comes from thermal power burning coal. We have invested heavily in renewal energy, especially wind energy, but only around 10.5% comes from that. A massive amount of investment is being made on solar power generation for which a target of 20,000 MW has been set by 2022. We have set the target of 30,000MW of power through new nuclear power plants. The shortfall in power generation is around 10% annual and the demand has been growing by 4% for the last 30 years and will increase further as the industry and population grows. In short, we have no option but to go for nuclear energy in a big way. Renewable sources are simply too expensive for us and the output is not commensurate with the investment. Germany is not a suitable example for us. Its needs are far smaller than ours and it can go for expensive geothermal power if it wants or can import electricity. Europe has surplus power generation. That is not the case with us.