The US scientific community is against promotion of nuclear industry in their country. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated that if the 123 Indo-US nuclear deals were not carried out India would face "isolation and sanctions'. US spokesmen also expressed similar threats. The US Ambassador to India, David C Mulford had publicly and politically entered into the nuclear policy debate. But what are the opinions of the American scientific community on the issue. Scientific opinion in the US is strongly opposed to nuclear expansion and no new reactor is now made there. In fact, the US nuclear industry is bankrupt and may lose more than 20,000 workers over the next five years. Just to support already existing nuclear power operations, the US will require nearly 1,00,000 entry-level trained staff. But there is strong hesitation among the US citizenry to join the most hazardous industrial enterprise. Over 3,000 organisations of concerned scientists and citizens in the US have written to President George Bush that "a central principle of environmental health protection