Indo-US N-deal may not be beneficial to India: Expert
Kolar
Gold
Fields,
Karnataka,
Jan
5:
The
Indo-US
Nuclear
Deal
may
not
be
beneficial
to
India
as
the
heat
produced
from
nuclear
fission
might
put
the
country's
environment
in
danger,
International
Centre
for
Theoretical
Physics
(ICTP)
Director
Katepalli
R
Srinivasan
said
today.
Addressing
a
press
conference
here,
he
said
instead
of
relying
on
nuclear
energy,
the
country
should
look
at
available
renewable
sources
of
enegry
to
meet
the
energy
requirement.
On global warming, he said the developed countries should take a lead in reducing the carbon emission to fight it. He said China, which had been consuming a large quantity of coal for their energy requirements, should take effective steps to reduce the coal consumption. More afforestation programmes should be taken up to reduce the effect of global warming, he said. ''The youth should be sensitised on gravity of the situation and importance of environment protection,'' he said.
Dr Srinivasan said the ICTP, set up to provide guidance to upcoming scientists, would provide infrastructure facilities to scientists to take up research works. He said the ICTP would assist the African countries, lacking basic infrastructure, to carry out research activities.
Regretting that only a few Indian scientists approach the Centre to pursue research, he called upon the country's young scientists to join the Centre to take up research works.
UNI