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New Delhi: With the US government finally allowing Westinghouse to share confidential technical information with the Indian nuclear authorities, DAE and AERB, India is getting ready to start a technical evaluation of Westinghouses reactor that it wants to sell in India. It would mean that after numerous delays, the first US nuclear company could be close to getting an early works agreement with NPCIL.
As John Kerry makes his first visit to India as secretary of state, both sides are battling perceptions about the lack of energy in the bilateral relationship. Nothing illustrates this more than the civil nuclear energy cooperation, which was the transformational point of the relationship under George Bush. India and the US finally worked out the Part 810 Assurances after several years of negotiations. These are non-proliferation assurances are required by the US Department of Energy to authorize US companies to participate in civil nuclear activities with India. But Indian officials have complained that the US appeared to be shifting the goalposts at every step. Every time we thought we had provided all the necessary material, we were confronted with a fresh set of demands, said sources. Finally, in early 2013, the two countries managed to nail this particular obstacle.
In addition, the agreement on administrative arrangements between the two sides, is still pending. While India managed to conclude a similar arrangement with the Canadians in a record one month, with the US, its still work in progress.
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As John Kerry makes his first visit to India as secretary of state, both sides are battling perceptions about the lack of energy in the bilateral relationship. Nothing illustrates this more than the civil nuclear energy cooperation, which was the transformational point of the relationship under George Bush. India and the US finally worked out the Part 810 Assurances after several years of negotiations. These are non-proliferation assurances are required by the US Department of Energy to authorize US companies to participate in civil nuclear activities with India. But Indian officials have complained that the US appeared to be shifting the goalposts at every step. Every time we thought we had provided all the necessary material, we were confronted with a fresh set of demands, said sources. Finally, in early 2013, the two countries managed to nail this particular obstacle.
In addition, the agreement on administrative arrangements between the two sides, is still pending. While India managed to conclude a similar arrangement with the Canadians in a record one month, with the US, its still work in progress.
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