Continued http://jisert.blogspot.com The disengagement plan Indian civilian nuclear facilities has been completed successfully and now depends on approval of U.S. Congress, Singh said , adding that India will seek additional ratification of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). For his part Bush said: "I want to start working with Congress to change decades of law that will allow us pursue this important initiative. "The House must understand that the U.S. U.S. has an economic interest in letting India have access to civil nuclear energy, he added. In addition, Bush said this will enable a better response to growing demand Global energy, because nuclear energy is renewable and clean and reduce the demand will benefit U.S. consumers. The agreement between the two countries on civil nuclear energy cooperation was reached during the visit in July last year Singh to Washington, which led suspicions that it was giving "bad example" to other countries, as India left the Non Nuclear proliferation after conducting its first atomic weapons tests in 1998. India agreed to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs and allow IAEA inspectors to assess its civilian facilities, while the United States will provide technology and fuel, which requires ratification by the U.S. Congress. The U.S. government made it a condition to start the legislative process in India to comply effectively with the premise of separating its civil and military plans. India and the U.S. have negotiated hard over which facilities such as fast breeder reactor program, will take on the civil list and will be subject to international inspections. Singh announced Monday before the Indian Parliament that his country would not accept the U.S. request to include the fast breeder reactor program in the list of civilian facilities. Exactly how we arrived at a consensus is still unknown, because the Indian government has not yet issued any official statement on the matter. But India's NDTV television quoted unnamed sources as saying that eight of the 22 reactors that India has the military will be listed and the rest are civilians, and cited the reactor type is likely to be subject to inspection. India, U.S. sign nuclear cooperation pact civilNUEVA DELHI, March 2 (Xinhuanet) - India and the United States today reached an agreement on cooperation civil nuclear power, following a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George W. Bush. Indian Prime Minister announced that they have reached a common understanding on the implementation of a civil nuclear cooperation of July 18, 2005, as both sides committed, adding that the civil nuclear separation plan of India "has been completed successfully "and now will be submitted to Congress. The prime minister said his country has finished with the identification of civilian nuclear facilities, as to which India has committed. At the same time, when asked about the presentation of the pact to Congress, Bush said that Members should understand that the agreement is beneficial to U.S. interests. Singh said: "We made history." Bush said the agreement has been difficult for him and for the Indian prime minister. He added that hosting the value of Singh to push the signing of this agreement. (Xinhua) 03/03/2006 (from google news site)
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