Clinton pushes India to loosen liability rules for US nuclear suppliers

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Clinton pushes India to loosen rules for nuclear suppliers


While offering support on counterterrorism and renewing calls to bring the perpetrators of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai to justice, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed hard for the relaxation of a tough liability law that is keeping U.S. nuclear firms from cashing in on the Indian market for power plants.

According to NDTV, India wants the U.S. to commit to sharing technology for enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) as part of the 2008 Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, despite new guidelines issued by the Nuclear Suppliers Group which bar members from providing those technologies to countries, like India, which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Clinton reaffirmed the United States' commitment for full civil nuclear cooperation. But she also stressed that "we need to resolve the issues that still remain," the TV news channel said.

The main problem for US operators is a clause in India's new nuclear liability bill that makes the suppliers of reactors liable for 80 years for any accident at a plant. The clause puts U.S. companies at a disadvantage in comparison with state-owned firms from France or Russia, because the U.S. firms must seek private insurers to cover them for the massive potential damages in the event of an accident.


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Is anyone paying attention to who the US pimps for?

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1. Atomic Power with no responsibility..... USA .. USA

You know in Australia, Uranium mining Plants are responsible for 100 years?

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2. You notice she goes to INDIA to do this?

This is our diplomacy?

Are you paying attention yet?