INDIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH PRESSES AHEAD, DESPITE UNCERTAINTY OVER US-INDIA NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY DEAL
February 1st, 2008
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
AFTER 30 years of international sanctions, limited uranium reserves and stiff political opposition to the recent Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian scientists are still pushing ahead with nuclear research - following the country's long established Three Stage Nuclear power programme.
"With commitment and inspiration in science, technology and management we will make this programme a real success", Dr Baldev Raj, Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) told Nuclear Engineering International.
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