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In the US, nuclear power supplies only 15 per cent of the overall electricity. Since the risks outweigh the rewards, the US decided not to set up nuclear power plants in its soil.

Australia derives 80 per cent of its power from coal. In spite of having large deposits of uranium, Australia has not set up nuclear power plants due to the risk factor. Let the Indian Government place on record its estimate of how much the proposed separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities will cost and what the benefits of Indo-US deal will be for the common man. And let it say openly that nuclear deal or not, India will continue to work for global disarmament and has no desire to play the role of a ‘hedge’, fence or ‘tether’ in the US plan to contain China.

Cecil M. Thomas Mumbai

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