Antinuclear

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill gives fright to nuclear industry world-wide

The industry in the US too seems to have been taken aback by the Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damages Bill, 2010, the way it was passed by Parliament. The bill in the present form makes suppliers of raw materials and equipment potentially liable for damages till 80 years after the construction of a nuclear plant.

Nuclear liability bill: US looks to ‘changes’; BJP cries foul – The Times of India, NEW DELHI: 8 Sept 10, Even before the collective sigh of relief in the government over safe passage to the nuclear liability bill in Parliament could end, the US on Tuesday queered the pitch yet again by stating that it was already looking at “changes” in the bill.

While the Opposition was quick to cry foul, leaving the government incommunicado going by the fact that there was no official reaction till late on Wednesday evening, it is interesting that the statement by the US state department spokesperson, P J Crowley, came wrapped with concerns raised earlier by “Indian business leaders”…..

.. The industry in the US too seems to have been taken aback by the Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damages Bill, 2010, the way it was passed by Parliament. The bill in the present form makes suppliers of raw materials and equipment potentially liable for damages till 80 years after the construction of a nuclear plant. ………
Providing an insight into how the Americans look at the bill, Ashley Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and who was closely involved in negotiating the nuclear deal, expressed the fear that the legislation would be “a significant deterrent not only to US business but, equally importantly, to Indian and other international private business as well”.

Nuclear liability bill: US looks to ‘changes’; BJP cries foul – The Times of India

September 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radiation, renewable