Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership

At the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Prime Minister, on 13 April 2010, has announced setting up a ‘Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership’, A state-of-the art facility based on international participation from International Atomic Energy Agency and other interested foreign partners, in India. Setting up of the Centre would be in a phased manner.

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

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