India's tough talk to US on Nuclear Sharing

The nuclear scientists in India are not quite taking everything lying down.. so the Chairman of AEC has issues a warning..

“I have made it clear to them that unless all of India’s concerns are taken care of in the final draft, it is difficult to carry out the multi-billion-dollar business with nuclear companies and vendors,” Anil Kakodkar, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said after a meeting with a five-member US nuclear business delegation led by Under Secretary International Trade Franklin L Lavin.

“With the Tarapur experience in mind, I told the business delegation that we do not want the repeat of the same. Since Section 114 which was brought out on the November 16 Bill, it is clear that there is some contradiction between the multi-layer fuel supply and the proposed separation plan,” he said.

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