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AKA: Arbeitskreis Physik und Abrüstung

AKA 7: Fissile Materials and Verification

AKA 7.1: Invited Talk

Friday, February 29, 2008, 10:15–11:15, H 0110

Fissile Material Implications of the US-India Nuclear Deal — •M.V. Ramana — Programm on Science and Gobal Security, Princeton University, New Jersey

The July 2005 US-India joint statement represents a fundamental transformation of US-India relations and at the same time a challenge to the disarmament and non-proliferation regimes. There is concern that the March 2006 separation plan proposed by India for demarcating its military and civilian nuclear facilities may allow a potentially rapid expansion of its capacity for fissile material production for weapons. In this talk, I will present an assessment of the fissile material production capabilities in India and how they might change as a result of the US-India deal.