Accelerating India’s nuclear development

I was playing a baseball at the junior high school students. I missed passing the ball and watch the front of a grounder for stones hit, and the embarrassed explanation. Yesterday's prime minister, Taro Aso, is responsible for the economic slump, the shy, it's because of the United States, and had an excuse. The U.S. Senate on bill deliberative discussions between the finance and twist one, and the U.S. sign a nuclear cooperation agreement, approved by 86 to 13, and ratification was established.

As a result, on October 10, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice come to New Delhi to stand down, for the stage of signing the agreement. President Bush has promised that flowed from the fourth of the year. According India's Economic Times newspaper today, the Indian Chamber of Commerce Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) asked for the government to the next step forward and encourage the Indian companies. They are ready to accept help.

India has the plan, for the next 25 years, 60,000 MW of nuclear power development, expected cost of 1,000 billion dollars. The government has set 10 nuclear power stations at a particular point. India has more than a plan than China has for nuclear development program. China is planning 4 percent in 2030. Nuclear industry, even more than China and India vie for entry into the world.

Standing as a partner in a local company, National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC), Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Larsen and Toubro, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, and the overseas companies are in the starting line, General Electric, Westinghouse, Areva, Atomstroy and so on. Japanese companiesworry that, even though the Japanese government agreed to supply the efforts of a group of nations, they are hampered by the lack of agreement between contries.

But the clear trend in the industry and the nuclear power industry, will lead a group of three; the United States Westing house and Toshiba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and French AREBA, Hitachi and the U.S. GE. In the building a larger flow, Toshiba has a partnership with Larsen and Toubro of India. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has actual records, in the state of Texas in 2007 based on 1,700 MW 2 units, pressurized-type light-water reactor, at the latest with the momentum. Such a framework, which like India to work in?

However, before the U.S. signs the agreement, India has been in Russia's nuclear cooperation. With the Indian side of the U.S. signs agreement, also, India get Russia signed a military agreement. Thus, India is in a neutral stance of international in keeping with the stick. Even the Prime Minister Singh has done to assess the efforts of the ruling party, the opposition parties have accused saying that it is surrender to the United States. In world opinion, Israel and Pakistan, Iran and North Korea in the future what will become of the Public opinion. Japan, who has experience of the atomic bombing, has several opinions. Those are the challenge that is you need to know.

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