India Nuclear News And Discussion

[Gerard]

Press Release on signing the Agreement on Arrangements and Procedures for Reprocessing.

[Sanatanan]

EDF Said to Raise Flamanville Costs, Delay Reactor

. . .
EDF is building a 1,650-megawatt, Areva SA-designed EPR at Flamanville in Normandy and plans similar models in the U.K, the U.S. and China. Areva is developing an EPR in Finland, which is over budget and behind schedule. Getting an EPR in operation is considered key for the French nuclear industry to capture global orders for new reactors, according to a government report.

Areva and EDF should modify the design of the third generation EPR reactor and develop smaller models to win contracts, according to recommendations in the report on France’s nuclear industry by former EDF Chief Executive Officer Francois Roussely published two days ago.
...
Areva last month took a provision for cost overruns for the Finnish EPR, taking the total excess cost to about 2.7 billion euros. The world’s biggest reactor builder pledged in 2005 to complete the reactor in 2009 at a total cost of 3 billion euros.
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Does GOI care?

[SSridhar]

First reactor at Koodankulam to go critical by year end: AEC Chairman

The first reactor of the Koodankulam nuclear power project is expected to go critical by the year-end, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said on Friday.

Addressing reporters after launching the latest High Performance Computation (HPC) cluster ‘Annapurna' at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), the second reactor unit was on track to attain criticality about eight months after that, he said.

Earlier, Mr. Banerjee lauded the efforts of scientists in putting together the ‘Annapurna,' the new wonder in the IMSc's {Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai} high performance super computer legacy that has produced the ‘Kabru,' ‘Vindhya' and ‘Aravalli' clusters.

‘Annapurna' is a factory-integrated cluster in the non-commercial domain with 1.5 Tera Bytes memory and 30 TB storage stack. Its peak speed of 12 Tera Flops (TF) makes it the seventh fastest HPC machine in the country. Among broad-based scientific institutions, the ‘Annapurna' cluster is the third fastest.

[Raja Ram]

The below extract from the Supplementary Convention on Nuclear Damage states the following regarding the Right to Recourse:

Article IX
Rights of Recourse


1.Each Contracting Party shall enact legislation in order to enable both the Contracting Party in whose territory the nuclear installation of the operator liable is situated and the other Contracting Parties who have paid contributions referred to in Article III.1(b), to benefit from the operator's right of recourse to the extent that he has such a right under either one of the Conventions referred to in Article I or national legislation mentioned in Article II.1(b) and to the extent that contributions have been made by any of the Contracting Parties.



2.The legislation of the Contracting Party in whose territory the nuclear installation of the operator liable is situated may provide for the recovery of public funds made available under this Convention from such operator if the damage results from fault on his part.



3.The Contracting Party whose courts have jurisdiction may exercise the rights of recourse provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 on behalf of the other Contracting Parties which have contributed.

-----extract ends----
As per the above, there can be recourse by the operator to the extent it is attributable and to the overall limits in the convention provided that it is their in the National Law concerned.

The draft version of the proposed Indian bill, as it stands now does not state this right to recourse. India has to pass a law in conformance with this convention as it is not a member of any of the earlier conventions namely the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention. It is important to note this absence of Recourse in addition the limits proposed. Quantum of the liability limit is something that can be debated but the need for Liability limit is something that is needed and beneficial to India too. At least that is my view.

Besides, it is important the the said supplementary convention is not in force as it needs at least five members ratifying this with a minimum of at least 400000 units of installed capacity.

Any legal eagle can provide a view of the proposed bill which must be read in conjunction with the Supplementary convention (that is still not in force) - for only then can we get a holistic view.

Besides the US, the only other countries that have ratified are Argentina, Morocco and Romania have ratified it. Thirteen countries have signed it in total. None of the other P-5 countries have signed it and neither has Canada. FWIW.

[Gerard]

India, US sign final nuclear pact, prepare for Obama visit

[Gerard]

Atomic agency hits upon more uranium

The Department of Atomic Energy’s Atomic Mineral Division has confirmed that the uranium mine at Tumalapalli in Andhra Pradesh has three times more mining potential at 45,000 tonnes of uranium per annum against the initial estimate of just 15,000 tonnes, Dr Banerjee told reporters here after inaugurating DAE’s latest supercomputer, “Annapurna”.

While the current assessed total quantity of uranium availability in India is placed at 140,000 tonnes, including at Jaduguda mines in Chattisgarh, the significantly extra find at Tumalapalli mines has come as a shot in the arm for the DAE.

[Sanatanan]

Link to a post dated July 31, 2010 in "Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes" blog: Areva under pressure

. . . . Bloomberg and AFP wire services indicate the French government is calling for “urgent measures” to stem the tide of red ink flowing from a cost overrun for the Flamanville 1,650 MW EPR reactor of one billion euros ($1.3 billion).

The new cost estimate for the reactor is now reported to be [E]5 billion ($6.5 billion or about $4,000/Kw).

There is also a reported schedule delay from 2013 to 2015 for start-up of the new reactor.

. . . .

The New York Times reported July 30 that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is conducting a design certification review of the EPR reactor, sent a letter to Areva raising questions about digital instrumentation and control systems. The NRC reportedly said it has concerns about the complexity of the computer systems.

According to the NRC’s Information Report to the agency’s five commissioners for July 2, 2010, the digital instrumentation and control issue isn’t being raised solely by U.S. regulators.

. . . .

A July 22 letter ML101940253 from NRC’s Matthews to Areva cautions the reactor vendor that its proposed responses about the digital controls “may not meet NRC regulations for independence” between safety and non-safety systems.

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[RamaY]

^ gurus

Does that $4k/KWh include fuel and operational costs? If not what would be the resultant cost per KWH?

[Sanatanan]

^ gurus

Does that $4k/KWh include fuel and operational costs? If not what would be the resultant cost per KWH?

I think the blog post says "The new cost estimate for the reactor is now reported to be [E]5 billion ($6.5 billion or about $4,000/Kw)." That is, cost per installed kilowatt capacity and not cost per kilowatt hour of electrical energy produced.

I believe, the above capital cost would include, if at all, the cost of the first core-load of fuel (that is, cost of fuel that is loaded for the first time, which in a PWR might typically last for about 18 months with the reactor running at full capacity). Cost of subsequent fuel loads would most probably be covered under "fuel charges" in the electricity tariff. Likewise all operations and maintenance costs, including decommissioning costs and cost towards insurance premium would be included in the tariff.

Sorry, I do not have an immediate answer for the "resultant operational cost". However, I might add that the electricity tariff for the plant would include, among other heads, "cost of money", that is, charges towards the interest during construction period paid for the monies that might have been borrowed for the project and appropriate return on investments made. These may tend to be country and organisation specific. In India, I believe that as of now, the cost of electricity to the consumer is as stipulated by the Central Electricity Authority. It used to be that, in India, for electric power plants (not just nuclear but all types, except perhaps wind-power), the electricity tariff is so structured that, the break-even capacity factor is only about 68%. If an operator ran his plants at higher capacity factors, he reaped a bonanza, but perhaps ended up paying more tax too

[RamaY]

^ Sanatanan garu,

I asked that question to compare it with cost per KWH solar energy. I was doing some feasibility analysis and solar energy is becoming cheaper than this nuclear option, of course without the night-time operation issue.

Andhra Pradesh govt announced ~Rs10+ tariff for KHH solar energy, which works out to be $4,241 per KW with a 8% interest rate and 15% profit margin. These numbers are calculated based on 2300 solar hours per year. Nuke plants will not have that restriction.

P.S: I am not comparing between these energy sources. I am wondering if it is better for India to encourage Solar technologies which create lot of employment, takes less land foot print etc.,

[Varoon Shekhar]

"Earlier, Mr. Banerjee lauded the efforts of scientists in putting together the ‘Annapurna,' the new wonder in the IMSc's {Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai} high performance super computer legacy that has produced the ‘Kabru,' ‘Vindhya' and ‘Aravalli' clusters.

‘Annapurna' is a factory-integrated cluster .."

Was this computer put together by Indians, or supplied in whole by Silicon Grpahics. Or was it a mix of Indian efforts and the US based company?

[Sanatanan]

. . .

Andhra Pradesh govt announced ~Rs10+ tariff for KHH solar energy, which works out to be $4,241 per KW with a 8% interest rate and 15% profit margin. These numbers are calculated based on 2300 solar hours per year. Nuke plants will not have that restriction.

P.S: I am not comparing between these energy sources. I am wondering if it is better for India to encourage Solar technologies which create lot of employment, takes less land foot print etc.,

In my view, India needs to develop strong indigenous infrastructure for all forms of energy generation. There certainly is scope for Nuclear to coexist with Solar power. While Nuclear power, (being best suited for base load operation) serves the needs for “bulk” consumers of electricity (such as for example, petro-chemical plants, steel mills, metal forging industry, Aluminium manufacturing plants, Railway traction etc), Solar can be useful in “low tension” applications such as rural electrification, energising agricultural pump sets, residential electricity use etc.

Regarding nuclear electricity tariff in India, I found this reference from the web:
Nuclear Power – An alternative, by Dr. S.K.Jain, CMD, NPCIL & Bhavini

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Tariffs and Costs of nuclear power

The nuclear power tariffs are competitive with those of thermal power stations located away from coal pitheads. The tariffs of one station TAPS 1&2 is 94 paise/kWh and that of three stations – MAPS, NAPS, KAPS about Rs.2. In the year 2007-08 the average tariff of nuclear power stations was Rs.2.28. The tariffs of new plants to be set up, both indigenous and imported, is expected to be about Rs. 2.50 in the year 2015 (at 2007 prices).

As far as the costs of Indian PHWRs are concerned, the overnight costs of 220 MWe reactors at 2007 prices have been in the range of Rs. 6.2 to 6.5 crore/MWe, while that of 540 MWe reactors has been about Rs. 6.0 crore/MWe at 2007 prices. The overnight cost of the 700 MWe reactors to be set up is estimated to be about of Rs. 5.4 crore/MWe (excluding finance cost and escalation), which is comparable to other reactors in the world.

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Regarding land foot-print for nuclear power plants, I understand that as per current safety requirements stipulated by AERB, for a Nuclear power reactor, the minimum land to be acquired is bounded by a circle of radius of 1.5 km from the centre of the reactor. This, as of now, is independent of the installed capacity of the reactor (that is both a 220 MWe reactor and a 1000 MWe reactor would require only the same area to be acquired). If in a site, more than one reactor is built, then the circular areas may overlap each other since the distance between the centres of two adjacent reactors, might be only of the order of a few hundred meters. The land to be acquired would then be the obround that circumscribes all these circles. (See Figure 2 in AERB’s Monograph On Siting Of Nuclear Power Plants).

If a nuclear power plant is situated on the sea shore or on the banks of a large reservoir / lake (as often is the case both in coastal and inland npp sites), then the area in the exclusion zone which comes under water would not have to be acquired.

However, in India, as indicated in the above AERB document, npp siting has an additional requirement for maintaining a “sterilized” zone of 5 km radius around the plant. This means that the project authorities will neither acquire by paying due compensation to the owners of the property falling with the sterilized zone nor will allow him to reap the benefits of his property through the development of his land. Again, I understand this practice is adopted as a safety measure only in India. Perhaps, in times to come, requirements for exclusion and sterilised zones may be watered down to make the imported plant more economical and also gain public acceptance.

I imagine, the land to be acquired for locating the solar panels of a solar electricity generating plant (of installed capacity in the order of 10s of MWe’s) might be much more. (I do not have the numbers.)

[RamaY]

Thanks Sanatanan garu,

AFAIK, Govt. of AP is planning to allocate 10Acres/MW in the upcoming round of Solar projects. A 1000MW solar project would be given 10,000 acres.

If a 1000MW unit requires a 5KM sterilized zone, it would be 22/7 * 5 * 5 * 247 (acres/Sq.KM) => 19,000 acres land.

The current five year plan 2007-12 alone envisions >78,000 MW additional capacity. So we are looking at anywhere between 780,000 to 1,950,000 acres of land allocation. To meet China/USA's per capita power consumption we need to add four-fold increase in power projection.

Does India has that much land? Sometimes I wonder what these people are thinking...

[naren]

^^^ Lebensraum

[SSridhar]

India to take strong stand with Russia on liability issue

The matter, according to the Government sources, was on the agenda of Foreign Secretary, Ms Nirupama Rao, during her visit to Moscow on Monday.

Russia's reluctance to accept any liability for atomic equipment and materials sold by Russian reactor vendors to India in case there is any nuclear accident has emerged as an area of discord between the two countries.

Ms Rao's consultations in Moscow are the first of a series of meetings to firm up the agenda for the visit of Russian President, Mr Dmitry Medvedev, who is expected to come to New Delhi for the annual summit in December.

At the last round of commercial negotiations held in Moscow recently between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Atomstroyexport for the supply of four additional 1,000 MWe reactors at Koodankulam (Unit 3-6), the two countries could not arrive at an agreement on the issue of liability.

The Indian side wanted the contract to incorporate a ‘right of recourse' for the operator against the equipment supplier, which would basically allow NPCIL to claim damages from Atomstroyexport in the event of an accident resulting from negligence on the part of the Russian reactor vendor.

Russian officials, however, refused, citing the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) the two countries signed in 2008, to back up their stand that all liability must be channelled on to NPCIL, the operator of the project at Koodankulam.

[Kailash]

U.S. Inks Nuclear Reprocessing Deal With India

India and the United States on Friday inked a deal that would permit the nuclear-armed South Asian nation to reprocess used U.S.-supplied nuclear fuel as part of a broader bilateral trade cooperation agreement, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 2).

The last major hurdle to the deal is Indian nuclear liability legislation that limits how much foreign firms can be required to pay out following an atomic disaster at one of their plants. A bill on the matter has been held up in India's Parliament due to strong criticism from opposition lawmakers concerned the measure does not adequately account for the interests of potential Indian victims. Without a liability cap, though, U.S. firms are unable to secure insurance to operate in the South Asian nation.

In order to secure passage of the bill before Obama's trip, sources said there is a chance of increasing the financial damages for which nuclear plant operators could be held liable. Liability is currently set at less than $110 million the Times reported.

The legislation could also be amended to make the details of agreements between plant operators and nuclear material suppliers more open to public scrutiny, the sources said.

[Kailash]

No problem with India, says IAEA chief

[RamaY]

^^^ Lebensraum

looking at the positive side, I support Nuke plants. Atleast people will leave these sterilized areas alone for the fear of nuke-accidents Some plant/animal life can prosper there.

[Kailash]

Contradicting reports about Tarapur

Tarapur N-plant faced shut down threat due to leaky valves in 1973

Is there truth to the first story - something which should not have come out? Is this a nicely timed article implicating the quality of US supplied equipments ?

No abnormal radioactivity release at Tarapur in 1973: NPCIL

Is the MMS government trying to ensure US gets its share of reactor business, though they were responsible for the what happened in '73 ?

[Kailash]

Link

Contracts have been signed with the following foreign firms for import of Uranium; M/s AREVA, France (300MT of Uranium Ore Concentrate), M/s. TVEL Corporation, Russia (58 MT of Enriched Uranium Dioxide Pellets, 2000 MT of Natural Uranium Oxide Pellets, spread over the years in quantities 200-400 MT annually) and M/s. NAC Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan (2100 MT of Natural Uranium Ore Concentrate spread over six years in quantities 300-400 MT annually).

[abhishek_sharma]

N-liability Bill gets a rewrite: claims within 20 yrs, right to appeal in HC

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/N-lia ... -HC/656256

[Prem]

I think its relevant to Indian Nuclear Bizness
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 78780.html
U.S., Hanoi in Nuclear Talks
Vietnam Plan to Enrich Uranium May Undercut Nonproliferation Efforts, Rile China

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is in advanced negotiations to share nuclear fuel and technology with Vietnam in a deal that would allow Hanoi to enrich its own uranium—terms that critics on Capitol Hill say would undercut the more stringent demands the U.S. has been making of its partners in the Middle East.The State Department-led negotiations could unsettle China, which shares hundreds of miles of border with Vietnam. It is the latest example of the U.S.'s renewed assertiveness in South and Southeast Asia, as Washington strengthens ties with nations that have grown increasingly wary of Beijing's growing regional might.Clinton, with Vietnam Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong in July, hailed broad U.S. cooperation with Vietnam
U.S. officials familiar with the matter say negotiators have given a full nuclear-cooperation proposal to the communist country and former Cold War foe, and have started briefing House and Senate foreign-relations committees. A top U.S. official briefed on the negotiation said China hadn't been consulted on the talks. "It doesn't involve China," the official said.
Some counterproliferation experts and U.S. lawmakers briefed on the talks say the deal also marks a step backward in Washington's recent nonproliferation efforts, pointing to a key proviso that would allow Hanoi to produce nuclear fuel on its own soil.

[Prem]

China shaken by US move to sign nuclear deal with Vietnam
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... z0vr08wEnL

BEIJING: China, which has recently dominated the security situation in North Asia, appeared shaken by a surprise move by the US administration to begin negotiations for a civilian nuclear deal with Vietnam. Washington has confirmed it in negotiation a deal with Vietnam similar to the one it has signed with India. The move has implications for India, which faced Chinese resistance to its nuclear deal with the US. India is also wary about what it regards as China's non-transparent move to sell two more nuclear reactors to Pakistan.The US move came a day after Vietnam accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting seismic exploration near disputed islands in the South China Sea. But Vietnam has assured the world it was not interested in enriching uranium or doing anything with a military objective.
“The US is used to employing double standards when dealing with different countries ... as a global power that has promoted denuclearization, it has challenged its own reputation and disturbed the preset international order,” said Teng Jianqun, Deputy Director of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said in a statement. China, which signed an agreement with the Vietnamese government after negotiations with the Vietnam Atomic Energy Committee in July last year, was hoping to be chosen for nuclear imports until the US delivered the surprise. China also has a strong economic reason to be upset. A section of foreign investment is moving to Vietnam from south China because of increasing labor and other costs. US assistance for Vietnam’s plans to generate 16,000 mw of nuclear power is bound to hasten the process.

[Gerard]

Centre to get report on Nuclear Liability Bill soon, says Prithviraj Chavan

[Manishw]

[quote="Prem"]China shaken by US move to sign nuclear deal with Vietnam

Good for vietnam, I hope India follows through if unkil backs out.Teach a lesson to bully. Anyway N.P.T is dead.

[SSridhar]

Nuclear Fuel situation has improved: Dr. Srikumar Banerjee

The plants that are running on imported fuel (Tarapore) are operating at over 90 per cent capacity. Plants that use domestic fuel are operating at 70 per cent load factor,

Availability of domestically produced uranium will improve, now that several mines are being opened, he said. At Tummalapalle project in Andhra Pradesh, work on opening a new mine has been going on. Dr Banerjee expects the mine to start producing sometime this financial year.

He said that the original estimate of Tummalapalle reserves was 15,000 tonnes, but revised estimates show that the mine can hold 45,000 tonnes of uranium.

The official estimate of India's uranium reserves is 140,296 tonnes. Against this, the country produces 400 tonnes a year, from six mines in Jharkhand. However, production will increase in the coming years as new mines are being opened.

Lambapur and Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh and Hubli in Karnataka are other places where uranium is found, apart from Meghalaya, where mining is facing stiff opposition.

He said that the 500-MW ‘prototype fast breeder reactor' at Kalpakkam would be generation-ready by 2012. Two more fast breeder reactors of 500 MW each would come up at the Kalpakkam site, he said.

[Ameet]

Abbott to allow Australia uranium exports to India - if he wins the election

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5903464726

TONY Abbott will open up uranium exports to India if he wins power in the August 21 federal election.

The leader of the opposition told reporters that Australia’s relationship with India has been “badly mishandled" by the ruling Labor government. Labor opposes uranium exports to India, which isn’t a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

“India is one of the coming super powers. It is obviously going to have a very important place in our region as well as in the world,” Mr Abbott told reporters.

“One of the best things that we could do to boost our relationship with the region is to sell them uranium.”

[Manishw]

^^^ Yees That's why it is said " Khud hi ko kar buland itna ki ....".

[Prem]

http://www.indiaeveryday.com/fullnews-s ... 675784.htm
Stand on N-deal was faulty: CPM
( Cant parliament pass the law against Political Stupidity)

The politburo and the central committee underestimated the determination and capacity of the ruling classes (UPA) and the US imperialism to pursue the nuclear deal as part of the strategic alliance,” states the report, adopted at the end of a four-day CPI(M) meet in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.“We also overestimated our own strength and capacity to influence events.”Allowing the government to go to the IAEA for talks in November 2007 was wrong,” noted the first and restricted part of the report. The CPI(M) has conceded its confidence an Indo-US strategic alliance wouldn’t materialise was misplaced. “In the political-organisational report of the 19th (CPI(M)) Congress, it was stated…(that) successful conduct of the struggle to block the nuclear deal will prevent a strategic alliance with the US…the assessment did not prove to be correct.”

[Rishirishi]

China shaken by US move to sign nuclear deal with Vietnam
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... z0vr08wEnL

BEIJING: China, which has recently dominated the security situation in North Asia, appeared shaken by a surprise move by the US administration to begin negotiations for a civilian nuclear deal with Vietnam. Washington has confirmed it in negotiation a deal with Vietnam similar to the one it has signed with India. The move has implications for India, which faced Chinese resistance to its nuclear deal with the US. India is also wary about what it regards as China's non-transparent move to sell two more nuclear reactors to Pakistan.The US move came a day after Vietnam accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting seismic exploration near disputed islands in the South China Sea. But Vietnam has assured the world it was not interested in enriching uranium or doing anything with a military objective.
“The US is used to employing double standards when dealing with different countries ... as a global power that has promoted denuclearization, it has challenged its own reputation and disturbed the preset international order,” said Teng Jianqun, Deputy Director of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, said in a statement. China, which signed an agreement with the Vietnamese government after negotiations with the Vietnam Atomic Energy Committee in July last year, was hoping to be chosen for nuclear imports until the US delivered the surprise. China also has a strong economic reason to be upset. A section of foreign investment is moving to Vietnam from south China because of increasing labor and other costs. US assistance for Vietnam’s plans to generate 16,000 mw of nuclear power is bound to hasten the process.

This may also be a hidden warning to China, about not parting with tech to TSP.

[Kailash]

Business cost to rise as India tweaks nuclear bill

NEW DELHI Aug 11 (Reuters) - India is rewriting a bill that will allow global firms to access its $150 billion nuclear power market, suggesting stiffer compensation for industrial accidents and extending liability to cover private suppliers.

The changes, if approved, would mean higher costs for firms such as U.S.-based General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote) and Westinghouse Electric Co, a subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote), which would have to pay higher insurance premiums.

... opposition parties have forced a rethink. Government officials said the revised bill could now set the compensation liability of an operator at up to $400 million, with a provision that the government can alter this amount.

The new draft will also make private firms responsible as well if a fault is found with their equipment or services.

[chackojoseph]

India to establish Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership, works on Thorium fuel

[Sanatanan]

From RediffNews, August 13, 2010
"Former Atomic Energy Regulatory Board chairman Dr A Gopalakrishnan makes a case against the nuclear liability bill."
Nuclear Liability Bill: PM's Gift to the US

[lsunil]

The opposition to the liability bill is ridiculous. Everything has a price in the western context and we are bound to that principle if we were to do business with them. The political parties should either name a price or get lost.

[Sanatanan]

An opinion from "Legally India - News For Lawyers" bolg:

Opinion: The dangerous leaks and lacunae in the 2010 Nuclear Liability Bill

[Gerard]

Oddly enough, nobody complains about the lacunae in the India-Russia agreement

Article 13 states: “The Indian Side and its authorised organisation at any time and at all stages of the construction and operation of the NPP power units to be constructed under the present Agreement shall be the Operator of power units of the NPP at the Kudankulam Site and be fully responsible for any damage both within and outside the territory of the Republic of India caused to any person and property as a result of a nuclear incident occurring at the NPP.”

[abhishek_sharma]

Rising Asia Sinks Non Proliferation Dreams

http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/ ... 99116.html

[Neshant]

U.S. may press India on CTBT

http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/14/stories ... 392000.htm

[abhishek_sharma]

To avoid a disaster

http://www.hindustantimes.com/To-avoid- ... 87276.aspx

[ManjaM]

http://www.livemint.com/2010/08/1521531 ... -deal.html

The wages of the nuclear deal

The N-deal has turned out to be what the US mandated, not what the Prime Minister had assured India