Thursday, October 9, 2008

France to sell reactors to India, with Russia in the wings

With the ban on civilian nuclear sales to India having been lifted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and with the U.S.-India nuclear accord a done deal (see previous post), it may now be full steam ahead for the Indian civilian nuclear power sector. In late September, France and India reached an agreement paving the way for the sale of French reactors.

Russia is apparently also interested in getting a piece of this action. McCain is fond of saying that he looked into Putin's eyes "and saw three letters: a 'K', a 'G', and a 'B.'" Is he sure he didn't see five letters: M-O-N-E-Y?

2 comments:

Jake Liscow said...

In the mean time, Russian scientists (probably not government affiliates) are providing nuclear weaponry consultation for Iran...

LFC said...

...and getting well compensated for it, no doubt.