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India and Japan fail to reach a deal on nuclear technology sales

Abe,-Shinzo-nuke-1No Nuclear Deal In PM Modi’s Talks With Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe NDTV,  All India | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh  September 01, 2014 TOKYO:  Despite the bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, India and Japan failed to break new grounds in ongoing talks on a nuclear deal between the two countries.

The two sides today signed a statement of intent to continue talks on the nuclear deal, officials said after summit talks between the two leaders in Tokyo today……..
Talks on a deal have been stuck on Japan’s insistence on a clause that India won’t test again and will allow more intrusive inspections of its nuclear facilities to ensure that spent fuel is not diverted to make bombs.

Sources say the Modi government had hoped to lure investment into its $85 billion market while addressing Japan’s concerns.

India has been pushing for an agreement with Japan on the lines of a 2008 deal with the United States under which India was allowed to import US nuclear fuel and technology without giving up its military nuclear programme……..

A civil nuclear energy pact with India would give Japanese nuclear technology firms such as Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd access to India’s fast-growing market as they seek opportunities overseas to offset an anti-nuclear backlash at home in response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

India operates 20 mostly small reactors at six sites with a capacity of 4,780 MW, or 2 percent of its total power capacity, according to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. The government hopes to increase its nuclear capacity to 63,000 MW by 2032 by adding nearly 30 reactors. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/no-nuclear-deal-in-pm-modi-s-talks-with-japanese-premier-shinzo-abe-585088

September 2, 2014 - Posted by | general

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  1. The reason of this failure is because Indian nuclear liability issue is still unresolved. Not only in India but Japanese also protesting against further nuclear deals. Fukushima accident has raised public fears in both India and Japan. Now most of the people oppose any kind of nuclear deal due to the past experience.

    Aazar Kund's avatar Comment by Aazar Kund | September 2, 2014 | Reply


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