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Indo-US Nuclear Deal This page intentionally left blank Indo-US Nuclear Deal Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism Editor P.R. Chari Ro Routledge u tledgeRoutled Taylor &. Francis Croup ge LLOONNDDOONN NNEEWW YYOORRKK AANNDD NNEEWW DDEEHHLLII First published 2009 by Routledge in India 912 Tolstoy House, 15–17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2009 Institute of Peace and Confl ict Studies, New Delhi Typeset by Star Compugraphics Private Limited 5, CSC, Near City Apartments Vasundhara Enclave Delhi 110 096 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-415-62579-1 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
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