India not giving in to USA pressure to change its Nuclear Liability Law
“Government cannot tinker with Liability Law”, THE HINDU, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, 22 JULY 11, India feels the civil nuclear logjam with the United States is out of the political realm because it will be difficult for the government to substantially tinker with its Liability Law despite suggestions to this effect by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference here on Tuesday.
Ms. Clinton raised hackles here when she suggested that India get its Liability Law vetted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) so that it “fully conforms” to the international Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Nuclear Damage.
Washington feels that two provisions in the Indian law have prevented two U.S. companies — GE and Westinghouse — from opening talks on setting up six civil nuclear plants each. The potential business opportunity is estimated at over $ 50 billion, the highest-ever for the two companies outside their home country.
……..we had a problem with her message,” said officials. Ms. Clinton had suggested India approach the IAEA to establish whether its Liability Law was in harmony with the CSC. “This is because the Americans were 100 per cent sure that the IAEA would suggest changes,” they added…..http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2282626.ece
Increasing nuclear collaboration by North Korea and Iran?
North Korea and Iran increase collaboration on nuclear missile, report claims, Telegraph UK, 22 July 11 North Korea and Iran are jointly working on weapons programmes designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a leading British security think tank has said. Continue reading
India’s ambitious nuclear energy program might fall apart
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N-deal with Japan in limbo, Ashok Tuteja/TNS, The Tribune, New Delhi, July 17 ….Setback for India n Tokyo has decided to suspend talks with India and four other countries concerning the sale of N-power equipment and technology after Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s recent declaration that he wants to phase out the use of nuclear energy. n If the deal is called off, it will be a major jolt to India’s ambitious civil nuclear energy programme. India and Japan have been negotiating a nuclear agreement since June last year. Top officials of the two countries have so far held two rounds of talks. n If Japan pulls out, American and French nuclear majors too would find it difficult to enter the Indian nuclear market. They can’t sell N-plant technology to India without the approval of the Japanese industry. |
Quiet dismantling of USA – North Korea nuclear project
Reactor parts secretly scrappedd, By Charles McMahon, seacoastonline.com, July 17, 2011,PORTSMOUTH — Behind a gated work area in the Pease International Tradeport, a project to dismantle key components of a nuclear reactor belonging to North Korea has been kept quiet over the past month. Continue reading
India wants, with Canada, to export nuclear reactors
India courting Canada for partnership to sell nuclear reactors, The Star, 17 July 11 OTTAWA — India is pursuing a potentially lucrative partnership with Canada to sell nuclear reactors in new markets, The Canadian Press has learned.
India’s ambitious aspiration, if realized, would represent a dramatic new phase in a landmark agreement it signed last year with Canada on civilian nuclear co-operation…..
A key technical aspect of the civil nuclear deal still has to be worked out before it is formally ratified by Canada. An independent monitoring system must be put in place that would prevent India from diverting the uranium to its nuclear weapons program.
Last year, Singh pledged that India would not exploit this new deal to repeat what it did in the early 1970s: use technology from a Candu reactor it purchased from Canada to develop a nuclear weapons program.
UN Security Council not taking action on allegations about Syria’s nukes
Security Council Agrees to Disagree About Syria Nuclear Program, IsraelNationalNews.15 July 11 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday brought its allegations of covert atomic work by Syria before the UN Security Council, but the 15-nation body took no immediate action, Reuters reported. Last September, IAEA said that Syria had refused to allow UN inspectors to visitDair Alzour, the nuclear facility that was meant to produce plutonium and which was bombed by the Israeli Air Force while still under construction in 2007.
The IAEA’s report expressed concern that should Syria continue to stonewall the investigation, “some of the necessary information may deteriorate or be lost entirely.”In June, the IAEA’s board of governors voted to report Syria to the Security Council over its behavior.
Reuters reported that during Thursday’s closed-door briefing by Neville Whiting, head of the IAEA safeguards department dealing with Syria and Iran, it was made clear that Syria had a secretnuclear plant.But despite this, Syria’s close allies Russia and China queried whether the Council should be involved, as the Syrian complex no longer exists…..http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/145741
India wants USA to agree to it enriching uranium
Hillary Clinton to visit India, nuclear waiver, AfPak tops agenda, The Economic Times, 8 July 11–– NEW DELHI: Amid anxieties about new guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India will press the US for the transfer of sensitive technologies to enable full civilian cooperation when secretary of state Hillary Clinton comes to New Delhi for a strategic dialogue July 18.
Clinton will be on a three-day visit for the second strategic dialogue, with external affairs minister S.M. Krishna, said well-placed sources…. Continue reading
Syria pledges to cooperate with UN on matters nuclear
Syria says it will cooperate on nuclear probe but US pushes for UN referral The Washington Post 29 May 11, NEW YORK — In a major turnaround, Syria is pledging full cooperation with U.N. attempts to probe strong evidence that it secretly built a reactor that could have been used to make nuclear arms, according to a confidential document shared with The Associated Press on Sunday.
If Syria fulfills its promise, the move would end three years of stonewalling by Damascus of the International Atomic Energy. Since 2008, the agency has tried in vain to follow up on strong evidence that a target bombed in 2007 by Israeli warplanes was a nearly built nuclear reactor that would have produced plutonium once active……AP Exclusive: Syria says it will cooperate on nuclear probe but US pushes for UN referral – The Washington Post
G-8 wants nuclear safety standards, (but only voluntary ones!)
binding standards will be an unacceptable constraint on the sovereignty of a growing number of countries that want to develop nuclear energy.
G-8 Affirms Need For Tightest Nuclear Safety, But Won’t Be
Bound, FoxBusiness.com, By George Nishiyama and Geoffrey T. Smith May 26, 2011| Dow Jones Newswires DEAUVILLE, France – – Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized countries Thursday affirmed the need to raise safety standards in nuclear energy after the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident. Continue reading
Germany wants global nuclear safety tests
Germany also wanted to become a model to the rest of the world on climate protection and producing green power.
“We want to reach the era of renewable energy more quickly,” she told the Bundestag.
Merkel calls for global nuclear reactor tests The Local, 26 May 11 Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor “stress tests” and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations.
As Merkel prepares for a Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, on Thursday and Friday, she told the German parliament that such nuclear plant checks needed to extend beyond Germany and the European Union. Continue reading
Russia touts nuclear industry – and wants mandatory safety rules
Russia Urges Mandatory Nuclear Safety Rules After Japan Accident, Bloomberg, By Henry Meyer – May 26, 2011 Russia called for nuclear safety rules to be tightened and made mandatory at an international level after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima atomic plant.
“There is no alternative but to strengthen these rules,” Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of Russia’s Rosatom Corp. holding, told reporters today during the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France. “All countries which are developing a nuclear industry have to recognize this……Russia Urges Mandatory Nuclear Safety Rules After Japan Accident – Bloomberg
Nuclear power and unstable Middle east regimes
Nuclear Power and Unstable Regimes Council on Foreign Relations, Jonathon Pearl 23 May 11, “………However, many of the same regimes that have signed some form of nuclear agreement with a foreign supplier (eg, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Bahrain) have already been toppled or face serious domestic threats to regime survival. Other states in the region such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which are relatively more stable, have witnessed their share of domestic protests and are increasingly concerned about their future. Continue reading
Massive radioactive wastes for Malaysia, from Australian company Lynas
- the space for underground wastes storage cells is very limited due to the groundwater being extremely close to the surface;
- the ground is susceptible to subsidence as it is a former peat swamp area;
Lynas plant rushed ahead before radiation study malaysiaKini 23 May 11SM Mohamed Idris, president of Consumers Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia
— The Lynas plant in Kuantan is unravelling into a nightmare. The lanthamide concentrates (rare earths) from Australia that Lynas will import into Malaysia contain thorium AND uranium, which suggests the processing in Kuantan will produce massive amount of radioactive wastes. Continue reading
Nuclear lobbies fight to weaken Europe’s planned nuclear safety rules
EU nuclear safety testing row in meltdown, Google News, By Roddy Thomson (AFP) – 13 may 11, BRUSSELS — Fractious talks on testing the safety of European nuclear reactors broke down Thursday as calls to include terror attacks and other man-made disasters in the tests faced resistance from powerful nuclear lobbies in London and Paris. Continue reading
Worried about their nuclear export sales, Russia promotes safety
Vast commercial interests are tied up in the continued adoption of nuclear power and development of reactors, particularly in emerging markets, which are the primary customers of Russia’s nuclear exports….Some of that market is already drying up (at left, Sergei Kiriyenko, Russia’s top nuclear salesman)
Russia Proposes Stricter Rules for Nuclear Safety, New York Times, By ANDREW E. KRAMER, April 28, 2011, MOSCOW —”…..Russian officials have announced details of what is emerging as their main response to the disaster in Japan: a proposal to create an international regulatory framework for nuclear power….. Continue reading
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