Nuclear Boo boo

The Nuclear boo boo has struck again. This time it takes the form of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage. There are mailers doing quick rounds, saying how much the US is exploiting the world by capping liabilities. I agree, it is bad to cap the liabilities. But wait a minute. What was it like yesterday? There was no cap, because there was no accepted liability. So if your country, while transporting nuclear items, does mess up, you got crapped upon. Instead, security agencies would have rounded you off for radiation risk and posted you to Santa Claus for recycling.

This at least makes a point of paying you something. Let the bill and act be in place, ladies and gentlemen, then we can act to make the booty bigger.

One more thing.. all this has had nothing to do with US interests. If anything, the bill will address a huge gap that we have lived with for so long.

Let us also accept, as educated and enlightened individuals, that nuclear energy needs will only grow in the coming years with more protests against fossil fuels. This is a cheap source of energy and we need to supplement our requirements here. Accepted that nuclear energy sourcing is fraught with risks, but if we look back at the Bhopal Tragedy, we realize regulation installations can also pose as big a threat. No liability issue has been established in those so far, so in that sense the atomic energy commissions of all countries have gone a step ahead. This must be lauded.

We need to also realize that India is on the verge of getting into the top nuclear energy league and how many of us can really say that we don’t need the extra energy that could come our way in such methods?

Please go to the following link for a relevant Pdf file that you can download:

http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC48/GC48InfDocuments/English/gc48inf-5_en.pdf

I understand Greenpeace is a great organization, but instant petitioning, raising the US spectre isn’t in the best interest of the population. What does Greenpeace say? We go back to the stone ages?

I request all thinking individuals to please think before signing any such petition. Read up relevant documents and then act, whichever way it is necessary to act.

I will be glad if you could please pass this around. Of course I am not acting in behalf of the US govt J that we all should know….

Regards