Dear Sekhar, While I'd personally not go with some of the obvious hypes - as regards the "whole world" or the "colonizes" bit, the focus on the US is defined by the specific context as elaborated in the release. Two, in India, nuclear power has historically functioned as the stepping stone for development of nuclear weapons. The first explosion (or "implosion"?) was carried out back on 18 May1974 out of plutonium obtained from the spent fuel rods of the Canada-supplied reactor CIRUS for "peaceful purpose". Moreover, Indian Bombs are plutonium based. Plutonium does not occur naturally. It comes from reprocessing of the spent fuel of the nuclear reactors. The link between nuclear "power" and "power" (or weapon) is too obvious.
The nuclear establishment in India has worked as one of the earliest and most consistent proponents of weaponisation in India. May look up mine 'India Goes Nuclear: Tracing the Trajectory' in Peace Now, November 2004 at http://www.cndpindia.org/request.php?5. Sukla P.S.: BTW, have you seen the online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/Nonukes/petition.html On 10/20/09, Sekhar wrote: > On 19 Oct 2009 at 16:07, Sukla Sen wrote: > >> The Manmohan Singh government's recent allocation of a >> number of sites for setting up of nuclear power plants >> with imported reactors from the United States, France and >> Russia > > Dear Sukla: > > This statement from NAAM engages in poor logic, perhaps as the only > way to buttress its weak argument. After mentioning the US, France > and Russia as the sources of imported nuclear power plants, it > proceeds to single out the US: > >> why don’t these American companies build more nuclear >> power plants in their own country first? > > This is a good question, but NAAM is clearly too impatient to seek an > answer. Why not ask France and Russia as well? But the answer may > not fit NAAM's imagined reality. > >> The whole world knows that nuclear energy is not clean >> but produces dangerous radioactive waste with disastrous >> consequences to people's health, safety, and our rights >> to life and livelihood. Similarly, everyone knows that >> nuclear energy is not affordable but very very costly. > > Where is this "whole world"? Does it include France, Russia, Japan, > South Korea, China, Brazil, etc., etc.? And who is this "everyone"? > >> The UPA government that operates with a colonized >> mind-set is simply compromising our national interests in >> a desperate attempt to please their imperial masters. > > Why do some people find it so easy to call their opponents "colonized" > or that they have "imperial masters"? Here, I thought only the ML > engaged in running dogs, imperialist lackeys, and semi-colonial/semi- > feudal rhetoric. Apparently, the anti-nuclear people have trouble with > original thinking. > >> This government is bent upon pawning our people's health, >> safety and futures in the pursuit of its megalomaniac >> hunt for nuclear power and weapons > > Does NAAM think these nuclear power plants are going to produce > nuclear weapons, or any weapons? Is the only way NAAM can build > opposition to nuclear power is by confusing the public into thinking that > nuclear power equals nuclear weapons? > > Regards. > > Sekhar > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
