Japanese Disaster May Affect India’s Import Of Foreign Nuclear Reactors
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 4,
April 2011
The country's nuclear power expansion depends heavily on imports of nuclear equipment, leveraging the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, which was sealed in 2008, and the India-specific waiver that Washington pursued with the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (NSG) of nations.
But in the wake of the Japan disaster, concerns are being raised about the safety risks of a new type of third-generation European reactor that India has selected for its next nuclear wave.
At the same time, Jairam Ramesh, minister for environment and forests, is urging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commission homemade reactors only. Read the full report here.
Source: by Ranjit Devraj, Solve Climate News, New Delhi.
