1. No more incidents of detection of Polonium-210 contamination in London or elsewhere. From hazard considerations, it is very mobile and easily dispersed due to its nuclear property. It is one of the daughter products of naturally occurring U-238 series. It has a half life of 138 days and the alpha particle, of energy 5.3 MeV, emission from its nucleus makes it very hazardous if taken internally.
2. Final US Legislation on the Nuclear – deal addresses the concerns of Senior Indian scientists who have been holding Indian Flag high during the harder times of SANCTIONS imposed on India from the west.
3. Full participation of US firms in civilian nuclear power plants, including thorium based reactors in India in the future. The participation shall ensure adequate liability in case of accidents in the reactors.
4. Solve the issue of safe management of spent nuclear fuel from these collaborated reactors. High-value plutonium in the spent fuel should be recovered to exclusively fuel the future Indian fast breeder reactors.
5. Early recovery of the Ash Analizer (if it recovered, it is not well known) belonging to the Central Coal Fields Limited at Hazanbagh, India. The analyzer might have been used to analyze the natural radionuclides in the coal ash. To the best of my knowledge, the natural radioactivity (uranium, thorium) in coal ash in PPM (parts per million) level. As reported in the Press, the instrument can not become radioactive just because it is used to analyze the samples. It only gets contaminated by the use and can be decontaminated easily. I feel, it is over-reaction by the media. However, it needs clarification from the concerned authorities without much delay.
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