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2007-08-10 India-Pakistan

Areva, GE, Rosatom Vie for $14 Billion India Nuclear Reactor Contracts

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Posted by john frum 2007-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 You'd think that between Chernobyl and Bushehrnot to mention their ownership of MiG-21 widow-maker fightersIndia just might have gathered how Russian designs ain't quite up to snuff.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-10 03:30|| 2007-08-10 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 As John mentioned, India is set to develop its own designs in the future by studying the four best reactor designs of four very large and powerful companies. Expect to see India take what's best from each, and develop an indigenous design that incorporates them. The Russian design will probably be evaluated to see in which direction NOT to go...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-08-10 21:05|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-08-10 21:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The Russian design will probably be evaluated to see in which direction NOT to go...

Old Patriot, please forgive me if I've neglected to account for the worth of negative feedback. It's just difficult for me to imagine paying untold millions or billions of dollars to identify what one should avoid as a bad example.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-10 21:11|| 2007-08-10 21:11|| Front Page Top

#4 India just might have gathered how Russian designs ain't quite up to snuff.

But you always need a stalking horse for pricing.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-08-10 21:44|| 2007-08-10 21:44|| Front Page Top

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