Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism

385 Pages·2012·1.76 MB·English

by  P R Chari (editor)

Indo-US Nuclear Deal
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Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables viii
List of Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. Introduction: The Indo-US Nuclear Deal 1
P.R. Chari
2. Tarapur: Lessons from the First Episode in the Indo-US
Nuclear Engagement 19
Eric Gonsalves
3. Prime Time Deal 33
Vidya Shankar Aiyar
4. Politics and Lobbyists: The Internal Political
Dynamics Infl uencing US Congressional Approval
of the Nuclear Deal 47
David Temple
5. Internal Roadblocks to the Indo-US Nuclear Deal 61
Rekha Chakravarthi
6. The Process of Negotiation of the Nuclear Deal/
123 Agreement 77
Reshmi Kazi
7. Chronicle of a Deal Foretold: Washington’s Perspective
on Negotiating the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement 103
Dhruva Jaishankar
8. Implications of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal for India’s
Energy and Military Programmes 127
R. Rajaraman
vi (cid:208) Indo-US Nuclear Deal
9. Fast Breeder Reactors: Technical Challenges
and the Record So Far 147
Ashwin Kumar
10. The Indo-US Nuclear Deal and the
Non-Proliferation Debate 161
Swapna Kona Nayudu
11. The Indo-US Nuclear Deal in the Context
of Indian Foreign Policy 175
Lalit Mansingh
12. Conclusion
The Indo-US Nuclear Deal: An Uncertain Future? 193
P.R. Chari
13. Sequel 209
P.R. Chari
APPENDICES
Appendix A
Thematic Comparison of Legislations – I 227
Swapna Kona Nayudu
Thematic Comparison of Legislations – II 234
Sonali Huria
Thematic Comparison of Legislations – III 252
Sonali Huria
A Chronology of Events from October 2008
to September 2011
Tanvi Kulkarni 272
Appendix B
Documentation
(cid:122) India–US Joint Statement, 18 July 2005 281
(cid:122) Implementation of the India–United States Joint
Statement of 18 July 2005: India’s Separation Plan 285
Contents (cid:207)(cid:207) vviiii
(cid:122) Henry J. Hyde United States–India Peaceful Atomic
Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 293
(cid:122) Agreement for Cooperation between the Government
of India and the Government of the United States
of America Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy (123 Agreement), Agreed Text, 1 August 2007 329
(cid:122) Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India
(Text of Draft US Proposal to NSG on India,
13 August 2008) 347
(cid:122) Text of Revised US NSG Proposal on
India, 3 September 2008 349
(cid:122) Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India 352
(cid:122) Message to the Congress of the United States,
10 September 2008 355
(cid:122) Presidential Determination,
10 September 2008 358
About the Editor 360
Notes on Contributors 361
Index 366
List of Figures and Tables
Figure
8.1. A map of DAE facilities 134
Tables
8.1. List of India’s power reactors and their safeguarding 135
status as agreed upon in the deal
8.2. WGrPu production, consumption and balance of 139
stocks in 2010 (in kg)
List of Abbreviations
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
CDA Core Disruptive Accident
CLND Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CSC Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damage
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DAE Department of Atomic Energy
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
ENDC Eighteen Nation Disarmament
Committee
ENR Enrichment and Reprocessing
FBTR Fast Breeder Test Reactor
FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
ICNND International Commission on Nuclear
Nonproliferation and Disarmament
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IGCAR Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic
Research
IR International Relations
ITER International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor
LeU Low-enriched Uranium
LWRs Light Water Reactors
MMRCA Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
MOX Mixed Oxide Fuel
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
NDA National Democratic Alliance
NNPA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
NNPT/NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NNSP Next Steps in Strategic Partnership