Areas for US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation to Prevent/Mitigate Radiological Events

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1088050· OSTI ID:1088050

Balachandran, Gopalan ^[1]; Forden, Geoffrey Ethan ^[2]

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1. Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (India)
2. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Over the decades, India and the United States have had very little formal collaboration on nuclear issues. Partly this was because neither country needed collaboration to make progress in the nuclear field. But it was also due, in part, to the concerns both countries had about the other's intentions. Now that the U.S.-India Deal on nuclear collaboration has been signed and the Hyde Act passed in the United States, it is possible to recognize that both countries can benefit from such nuclear collaboration, especially if it starts with issues important to both countries that do not touch on strategic systems. Fortunately, there are many noncontroversial areas for collaboration. This study, funded by the U.S. State Department, has identified a number of areas in the prevention of and response to radiological incidents where such collaboration could take place.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1088050
• Report Number(s): SAND--2013-0150; 452404
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English