Nuclear Options - Obama in India

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry

Date posted: 02/04/15

Dr. Conca reports that India is dramatically expanding its nuclear energy and its nuclear weapons separately. Both are inevitable. On the energy side, President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an agreement that will open the door to the sale of U.S. nuclear power plants and nuclear industry support to India, a step that could rejuvenate the American nuclear industry like nothing has in a long time. There were other mutually-critical areas discussed by the two leaders during the Presidential trip in addition to nuclear: - Defense - developing cooperation through the Defense Trade and Technology Initiative - Business Standard, - Counterterrorism - cooperating on anti-terrorism and homeland security, - Economic ties - through increased trade and investment, especially in infrastructure, - Climate change and clean energy - the two countries are developing a Partnership to Advance Clean Energy, in addition to nuclear. But the nuclear deal was the big one. When India developed their own atomic weapons in the 1970s, the relationship between America and India became rocky, to say the least. But nuclear energy is a huge part of Indian energy future, as a way to bring hundreds of millions of people up into the middle class without increasing the use of coal. Therefore, it was in the best interest of both countries to find a way to address the nuclear issues.