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| Nukes are 'weapons of peace': Kakod |
| Nukes are 'weapons of peace': Kakodkar
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| INDIA
, 19-March-2010
3:3:5 AM |
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Nuclear weapons are 'weapons of peace' which act as a deterrent, says former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar.
When India tested its nuclear bombs in 1974 and 1998, sanctions were imposed by many countries but for "us it became a real opportunity and our research and development today has reached a robust level" in some of the technologies, Kakodkar said at a function yesterday.
"The philosophical aspect of nuclear weapons can be peaceful and they act as a deterrent. So, I call them weapons of peace," he said replying to questions posed by eminent science writer Bal Phondke and Dr A P Thatte, President of Vijnan Bharati, an NGO dedicated to science.
Kakodkar said Pokhran II in 1998 was "a technological and management challenge for me as a director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and it was a difficult period for my family as well as my office". He did not elaborate. Replying to a question on spent fuel, he said, "Spent fuel is reprocessed and reused because then they become environment-friendly
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