Atomic R&D in LDCs

Today we cannot generate enough market attraction for small solar light and energy sets in the rural areas. There has been some small application of GE in the agricultural field, but more and more controversies are emerging in the press on the long-time probable after-effects (trying to improve upon Nature!).

Like world trade problems (Cancun and elsewhere), peaceful atomic applications in DCs need UN support. But UN agencies cannot act alone, as energy taping is a critical issue with the big powers and industrialised nations . Atomic disarmament has become a big issue (N Korea, Libya, India and Pakistan). Atomic power stations are out of fashion.

Under the circumstances, the peaceful role of institutions, such as the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, needs proper local review at the highest level, global acceptance, for regular flow of funding, however small.