CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY BILL FIGHTS FOR LIFE IN INDIAN PARLIAMENT
May 1st, 2010
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE IMPLEMENTATION of the India-USA civil nuclear agreement seems to face one hurdle after another. Despite the successful conclusion of nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement with India in March this year, the American corporations still cannot trade nuclear equipment and materials with Indian customers due to a lack of a nuclear civil liability regime in India. A key remaining problem are guarantees required by the US to protect American suppliers from legal action if their equipment or materials are involved in a nuclear accident within ...
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