India's Nuclear Separation Plan: Issues and Views

Abstract

On July 18, 2005, President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the creation of a global partnership, which would include full civil nuclear cooperation between the United States and India. Such cooperation would reverse almost 30 years of U.S. nonproliferation policy. President Bush promised India he would persuade Congress to amend the pertinent laws to approve the agreement, as well as persuade U.S. allies to create an exception to multilateral Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines for India. India committed to, among other things, separating its civilian nuclear facilities from its military nuclear facilities, declaring civilian facilities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and placing them under IAEA safeguards, and signing an Additional Protocol. See CRS Report RL33016, US-India Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress, by Sharon Squassoni, for further details on the agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2006
Accession Number
ADA454212

Entities

People

  • Sharon Squassoni

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Fissile Materials
  • Foreign Relations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Research Reactors
  • Test Reactors
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security