Civilian Nuclear Agreements with Foreign Countries

LOK SABHA

After the signing of an Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America concerning peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy on October 10, 2008, India has entered in to following civil nuclear cooperation agreements:

(i) An Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Russian Federation on ‘cooperation in the Construction of Additional Nuclear Power Plant Units at Kudankulam Site as well as in the construction of Russian Designed Nuclear Power Plants at New Sites in the Republic of India was singed on December 5, 2008.
(ii) An Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Namibia on Cooperation in Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy was signed on August 31, 2009.
(iii) The Government has a structured public awareness programmes to disseminate authentic information and acceptance to nuclear energy in various target groups. These include exhibitions and seminars in schools, exhibitions at various scientific/technical fora, technical visits of public/media personnel to stations/sites and workshops etc. The web sites of Department of Atomic energy (DAE), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) and other units of DAE have information about nuclear power and these are regularly updated.

This was stated by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, the Minister of State (I/C) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences in the Lok Sabha today.

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