Nuclear Suppliers Group Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India

The Frontline, Volume 25 - Issue 20 :: Sep. 27-Oct. 10, 2008

Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India

1. At the ... Plenary meeting on ... the Participating Governments of the Nuclear Suppliers Group decided that they:

a. Desire to contribute to the effectiveness and integrity of the global nonproliferation regime, and to the widest possible implementation of the provisions and objectives of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;

b. Seek to avert the further spread of nuclear weapons;

c. Wish to pursue mechanisms to affect positively the nonproliferation commitments and actions of all states;

d. Seek to promote fundamental principles of safeguards and export controls for nuclear transfers for peaceful purposes; and

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e. Note the energy needs of India.

2. Participating Governments have taken note of steps that India has voluntarily taken with respect to the following commitments and actions:

a. Deciding to separate civilian nuclear facilities in a phased manner and to file a declaration regarding its civilian nuclear facilities with the IAEA, in accordance with its Separation Plan (circulated as INFCIRC/731);

India Open for $80 Billion in Nuclear Business

India Open for $80 Billion in Nuclear Business
France and Russia Are Ready: Will the U.S. Get Any of India's $80 Billion Nuclear Business?
By ERIKA KINETZ AP Business Writer
MUMBAI, India September 26, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press

Indian nuclear energy officials say they would like to do business with GE and other U.S. firms. But if they can't, there's always France and Russia.


President Bush, right, greets Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Even as a landmark U.S.-India nuclear accord hangs in limbo in the U.S. Congress, the global gates of nuclear trade with India are now open.

Whether or not U.S. companies get the go-ahead to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India, the country's nuclear officials are confident they will get their uranium.

"If a deal with Congress doesn't happen, we will have business with other countries. So simple," said SK Malhotra, a spokesman for India's Department of Atomic Energy. more