What is the meaning of 123 in nuclear agreement between America and India?

Question

Recent agreement between India and America for nuclear deal is called one, two, three agreement? What is the mean of 123?

Answer 1

It refers to Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. An agreement for nuclear cooperation made between the U.S. and another country following the provisions of this section is called a 123 agreement.

Section 123 says that the United States can't enter into an agreement for nuclear cooperation with another country unless certain criteria are met. For example, the other country has to have agreement in place with the International Atomic Energy Agency to safeguard nuclear material, equipment, and technology so that it won't be diverted for weapons use. In this case, since India has nuclear weapons, Congress had to authorize the president to waive certain requirements of section 123.

Answer 2

Nuclear Technology is with the countries which is having sufficiant uranium.The group of 45 countries called as nuclear supplies group is the contracting parties.UNOis not at all a party to the NSG.Especially USA is the leader of NSG.At this time the emergence of UNO as acontracting party is not worth mentioning. There is least possibility of getting a nuclear deal agreement between UNO and INDIA OR any other nation .As long as USA is leading the NSG Third world countries like INDIA has no other option to get nuclear development with out the support of America . India now being an emerging super power can make agreement wth USA for our Nuclear technology development. We need not fear as there are other 45 countries in the agreement.W ithin in a short span of time we will be also self sufficiant in nuclear power also.

Answer 3

It's the opposite of a countdown (3... 2... 1...), so the idea is that the agreement is to move farther away from ever using nuclear technology in weapons.

That's my guess anyway. :-)

Answer 4

1...2....3 steps to making India the next super power, since they are exempt from everything everyone else has to abide by.

Answer 5

It means if India doesn't stop breeding in record numbers you will have 1,2,3 seconds before you will be nuked