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| The Nuclear Liability Jurisprudence: (hits: 19) |
on 15 Jul 2010 by admin     |
| The Nuclear Liability Jurisprudence: An Analysis of Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 - Professor Madabhushi SridharFaculty, NALSAR University, HyderabadIn recent times, no draft law has generated such a commotion among various sections of people as the Civil Liability of Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 has. This article is an attempt to explain and analyze the Bill with the background [read more] |
| Obama’s Nuclear Postures (hits: 8) |
| on 14 Jul 2010 by admin |
| Obama’s Nuclear Postures Zia Mian July 5, 2010 (Zia Mian is a physicist with the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University and an editor of Middle East Report.) In his first official statement after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, President Harry Truman claimed the new weapon as a fundamental breakthrough in military capability and a uniquely American achievement. The Hiroshima bomb, [read more] |
| Nick Burns on the NPT (hits: 41) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| Nick Burns on the NPTnpt by jeffreyWhenever I give a public talk for a general audience, I always focus on the question, “Why is it okay for some countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for others?”Someone asked that question this morning on The Diane Rehm Show today in reference to Iran — note to the caller, it is not [read more] |
| Pakistan Deal Signals China's Growing Nuclear Assertiveness (hits: 40) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| Pakistan Deal Signals China's Growing Nuclear AssertivenessBy Mark HibbsNUCLEAR ENERGY BRIEF, APRIL 27, 2010Contrary to guidelines adopted in 1992 by nuclear equipment supplier states in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), China is poised to export two power reactors to Pakistan. This transaction is about to happen at a time when China’s increasingly ambitious nuclear energy program is becoming more autonomous.Guidelines [read more] |
| Beware Bhopal! Legal framework needed for India's use of nuclear energy (hits: 45) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| Beware Bhopal! Legal framework needed for India's use of nuclear energyBy V N Haridas, Yash Thomas MannullySummary: The aftermath of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal in 1984 has vital lessons for India as it seeks to commercialise its nuclear industry without an adequate legal framework covering compensation and liabilityThe Indian government has plans for large-scale electricity generation projects, and is moving to [read more] |
| India developing new centrifuges and increasing enrichment capacity (hits: 40) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| India developing new centrifuges and increasing enrichment capacityBy Zia Mian In an October 2008 speech honoring Homi Bhabha the founder of India's nuclear program, Srikumar Banerjee, the Director of India's Bhabha Atomic Research Center, announced that: "Great strides have been made in development of advanced gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment program. The latest fourth generation design, with output 10 times the early [read more] |
| Grappling With Nuclear Asia (hits: 43) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| Grappling With Nuclear AsiaBy Richard WeitzThe latest NPT review had interesting implications for Asia's nuclear security. But securing binding agreements was toughLast month saw the conclusion of the eighth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (otherwise known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT) in New York City. Membership in the NPT is virtually universal. [read more] |
| The Breach (hits: 30) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| The BreachChina is about to break important international rules designed to prevent nuclear proliferation. Can Beijing be stopped?In the coming weeks, China is expected to announce that it intends to export two nuclear-power reactors to Pakistan. The move would breach international protocol about the trade of nuclear equipment and material. Once the deal is officially confirmed, the spotlight won't be [read more] |
| Eight Nations Hold 7,540 Deployed Nukes, Report Finds (hits: 24) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| Eight Nations Hold 7,540 Deployed Nukes, Report FindsEight nations at the beginning of 2010 held an estimated 7,540 operational nuclear weapons, a figure that is down somewhat from last year due largely to the withdrawal by Russia and the United States of fielded warheads, according to a yearly report released yesterday by a Sweden-based think tank (see GSN, Nov. 18, [read more] |
| The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (hits: 26) |
| on 22 Jun 2010 by admin |
| The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conferenceby David KriegerJune 02, 2010At five year intervals, the parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) meet for a Review Conference. In 1995, on the 25th anniversary of the treaty, the parties extended the treaty indefinitely, with promises from the nuclear weapon states that they would pursue “systematic and progressive efforts” for nuclear disarmament. [read more] |
