• ISBN13: 9788126915019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 22, 2011
• Pages: 432
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 460 grams

A civil nuclear energy renaissance is underway at present. Governments worldwide are reconsidering the role of nuclear power for generation of electricity due to growing energy demand, pressures and obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rising oil prices, among other things. Public and political opposition to nuclear power is also decreasing because of the growing awareness about its benefits. In 2005, India’s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and U.S. President, George W. Bush envisaged the Indo-U.S. civil nuclear deal to develop India’s civilian nuclear energy program to meet its growing energy demands in a cleaner and more efficient manner. The signing of the 123 Agreement (Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy) by India and U.S. in October 2008 is thus an epochal event despite uncertainties of the global future, permanently etching a mark on Indo-U.S. relations. The fruits of this Agreement are already evident with India having inked MOUs for nuclear reactors with France and Russia. Uranium supplies are being offered by a number of countries and India has already signed agreements with France, U.K., Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Argentina, Namibia and Mongolia for supply of nuclear fuel. India has also enacted The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act to open up the country’s $150 billion nuclear power market. Harnessing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is coming up in a big way in India in the near future. The book contains a comprehensive Introduction highlighting the current energy scenario in India and the need to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. It presents a set of valuable documents, statements and speeches on the topic by eminent international personalities. It will be useful to the students and teachers of defence studies, international law, policymakers, parliamentarians and those concerned with nuclear technology and development of nuclear energy in India.

Brig. Rahul K. Bhonsle is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Army War College, Mhow. He has served with the Indian Army for over three decades. He was on the Chinese Front in 1986, and successively operated at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir from 1989 onwards. He served in the critical Kargil Sector during Operation Parakram in 2002. Besides having a distinguished military career, he has to his credit a large number of books including Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal (co-edited) and India Security Scope 2006: The New Great Game. He has also contributed articles in professional journals, leading magazines and national dailies. Col. Ved Prakash was commissioned into the famed Sikh Regiment of the infantry arm of the Indian Army in 1957. He served as Commanding Officer of an Assam Rifles battalion deployed on Indo-Burma (now Myanmar) border in the 1970s. He had two tenures in Ladakh in 1980s. He took part in 1962, 1965 and 1971 Wars. He has authored many books including: Intelligent Ways to Enter the NDA; The Samba Spy Scandal; and Indian Army in Sri Lanka. His more recent books include Encyclopaedia of North-East India (5 Vols.) and Nuclear Disarmament: Issues and Concerns. Dr. K.R. Gupta is a well-known economist and an expert in the field of International Affairs. He has published a large number of books, among which, the following deserve special mention: Reform of the United Nations (2 Vols.); Studies in World Affairs (2 Vols.); Global Terrorism; India-Pakistan Relations with Special Reference to Kashmir (4 Vols.); Selected Documents on Nuclear Disarmament (4 Vols.); India’s International Relations (2 Vols.); and Foreign Policy of India (2 Vols.).

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
• 2. Statement by the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, at the Nuclear Security Summit, Washington, U.S.A. (13 April 2010)
• 3. G8 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: A Contribution to the 2010 NPT Review Conference, Muskoka, Canada (30 March 2010)
• 4. Address by PM’s Special Envoy, Shyam Saran at the FEC Forum on India-Japan Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Tokyo, Japan (29 March 2010)
• 5. Joint Declaration by India and the United Kingdom on Civil Nuclear Co-operation (11 February 2010)
• 6. PM Manmohan Singh’s Inaugural Address at the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, New Delhi, India (29 September 2009)
• 7. Arrangements and Procedures Agreed between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India, Pursuant to Article 6(iii) of Their Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (6 December 2008)
• 8. 123 Agreement
• Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal
• 9. Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the French Republic on the Development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1 September 2008)
• 10. Statement by India at IAEA Board of Governors’ Meeting (1 August 2008)
• 11. Agreement between the Government of India and the International Atomic Energy Agency, for the Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities (7 July 2008)
• 12. PM Manmohan Singh’s Statement in the Lok Sabha on Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation with the United States, New Delhi, India (13 August 2007)
• 13. Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1 August 2007)
• 14. Excerpts from Prime Minister’s Reply to Discussion in Rajya Sabha on Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation with the United States (17 August 2006)
• 15. Plan Document Tabled before the Parliament: Implementation of the India-United States Joint Statement of 18 July 2005: India’s Separation Plan (11 May 2006)
• 16. PM’s Suo Moto Statement on Discussions on Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation with the U.S.: Implementation of India’s Separation Plan, New Delhi, India (7 March 2006)
• 17. India-U.S. Joint Statement, New Delhi, India (2 March 2006)
• 18. Suo Moto Statement in the Parliament by PM Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation with the United States, New Delhi, India (27 February 2006)
• 19. Declaration by India and France on the Development of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes (20 February 2006)
• 20. India-U.S.A. Joint Statement (18 July 2005)
• 21. The Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (No. 33 of 1962) (15 September 1962)
• 22. Obama’s Statement on the Release of the Nuclear Posture Review (6 April 2010)
• 23. Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Joint Statement Third Executive Committee Meeting, Beijing, China (23 October 2009)
• 24. Speech by Charles B. Curtis at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. (13 July 2009)
• 25. Statement by Mr. Li Sen from the Chinese Delegation, on the Issue of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference, New York, U.S.A. (11 May 2009)
• 26. U.K. Prime Minister’s Speech on Nuclear Energy and Proliferation (17 March 2009)
• 27. IAEA Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei’s Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria (2 March 2009)
• 28. Revised Position Statement: Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems (February 2009)
• 29. Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Joint Statement Second Executive Committee Meeting, Paris, France (01 October 2008)
• 30. Position Statement: Nuclear Power
• A Leading Strategy to Reduce Oil Imports (June 2008)
• 31. Revised Position Statement: Clearance of Solid Materials from Nuclear Facilities (June 2008)
• 32. Statement of Thomas B. Cochran, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on the Environmental, Safety, and Economic Implications of Nuclear Power, before the Science and Technology Committee, House of Representatives Washington D.C., U.S.A. (23 April 2008)
• 33. Position Statement: Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel (February 2008)
• 34. Position Statement: Stewardship of Nuclear Engineering Education (November 2007)
• 35. Revised Position Statement: Nuclear Fuel Recycling (June 2007)