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• Senate approves India's nuclear deal

  The House voted for it earlier this week Congress approved a landmark deal ending the three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade with India. Reuters reports final approval came as the Senate voted to ratify the deal 86-13, sending the legislation to President Bush to sign into law. The Senate's move was taken just prior to an expected trip to India by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The House... Posted Oct 01 2008, 10:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear energy

• Nuclear Suppliers Group approves India deal

  A breakthrough comes in Vienna after three days of tough negotiations The BBC reports the group of nations which regulates the global nuclear trade has approved a US proposal to lift restrictions on selling nuclear technology to India. The controversial deal now needs to be ratified by the US Congress. The approval came after India pledged to keep its nuclear non-proliferation commitments and to uphold... Posted Sep 06 2008, 11:08 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Suppliers Group, nuclear deal

• India nuclear deal down to the wire

  Latest wire service reports ~ updates throughout the day (1400 GMT) Reuters reports that delegates to the meeting of the  Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) taking place in Vienna, Austria, today (9/5) said India's pledges to honor the nuclear nonproliferation treaty do not go far enough. Member countries are worried that India could set off a regional nuclear arms race if it acquires uranium enrichment... Posted Sep 05 2008, 10:01 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Suppliers Group

• India nuclear deal hits the rocks

  Rep, Howard Berman releases a secret letter to Congress  Check Siddharth Varadarajan's blog for late breaking developments and reports direct from Vienna. The Washington Post reports that the U.S. will not sell sensitive nuclear technologies to India and would immediately terminate all trade involving nuclear technologies if New Delhi conducted a nuclear test. Apparently, the State Department... Posted Sep 03 2008, 09:54 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India

• India deal may be done in by a six pack

  Nuclear Suppliers Group likely to say "no" to U.S. plan to sell uranium to India The U.S. nuclear deal with India is likely to fail to gain approval   this week by an international body that controls the sale of uranium, nuclear fuel, and related technologies.  Six small but influential nations are standing firm in their opposition within the Nuclear Suppliers Group ( NSG Read... Posted Sep 01 2008, 11:19 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Suppliers Group

• India must wait for NSG decision

  The 45-nation nuclear fuel cartel failed to agree on a U.S.-India nuclear technology trade pact According to wire service reports , representatives of 45  nations meeting in Vienna this week to decide whether to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India ended their talks without making a decision.  Diplomats said members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group , planned to meet again on Sept. 4. It leaves... Posted Aug 23 2008, 12:05 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Suppliers Group

• India in speed run for nuclear deal

  An ancient nation is pouring on the coal to use nuclear energy in the 21st century Flash - IAEA votes for India nuclear deal The Financial Times of London reports that India in in a speed run to get U.S. congressional approval of its nuclear technology exchange deal and open access to buying uranium on the world market for its shuttered reactors.  The Indian public relations train has some steep... Posted Aug 01 2008, 03:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India

• Singh's chances of a nuclear deal ?

  It's an election year and Congress can't even pass domestic spending bills before the elections Indian Minister Manmohan Singh has bet the ranch on a nuclear cooperation pact with the U.S., but his chances of getting Congressional approval may be slim and none.  While he has saved his government from a parliamentary  election, he still has to face several daunting hurdles to obtain... Posted Jul 12 2008, 11:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India

• India gets deadline on U.S. nuclear deal

  Three senators tell PM Singh to sign by July or kiss it goodbye Three U.S. Senators, none of whom is running for President, sent a message to India this week it must sign a nuclear deal by July. Sen Joseph Biden (D-DE), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NB), who were in New Dehli, told Prime Minister Singh the deal is running out of time because of the tight legislative agenda for 2008... Posted Feb 22 2008, 08:19 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear energy, 123 agreement

• India serves fig leaves to Sarkozy on state visit

  A deal is not a deal unless it involves real money Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed, during a state visit this week, to discuss a civilian nuclear-cooperation agreement, which may help India to plug a power shortage using nuclear reactors. While Sarkozy isn't going to duplicate the $12 billion deal inked with China last November, he's still the... Posted Jan 25 2008, 07:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, France, nuclear reactors

• India not ready for nuclear deal with France

  Sarkozy may come come empty handed from his trip to New Delhi French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit India on January 24th with the intend of signing a nuclear energy agreement. French Foreign Minister Bernard Koucher said the scope of the agreement would depend on the outcome of a pending agreement between India and the IAEA on nuclear inspections and safeguards. A separate proposed agreement... Posted Jan 03 2008, 10:27 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear energy, Nicolas Sarkozy, France

• Indai's prospects for private sector nuclear plants

  Government set to offer new investment opportunities With the derailed U.S.-India nuclear deal apparently back on the tracks, a uranium industry newsletter is reporting that giant Indian engineering firms are getting ready to build private sector nuclear plants in that country. Until now only the Indian government could build and operate the plants. Uranium Intelligence Weekly (UIW) ( subscription... Posted Nov 17 2007, 11:46 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear energy, investment

• Nuclear deal with India back on the table

  Opposition parties lose clout over domestic issues, agree to IAEA review The Associated Press reports that there has been a political shift in India that may allow the long-delayed nuclear agreement with the U.S. to go forward. There are still significant barriers to the deal including U.S. political opposition and the views of member states in the Nuclear Suppliers Group . AP reports that communist... Posted Nov 17 2007, 10:14 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear Suppliers Group, CTBT, 123 agreement

• India's nuclear program may get a boost from France

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be India’s chief guest at the Republic Day parade on Janaury 26, 2008, which is a short four months from now, according to India news media reports . An invitation to Sarkozy means India is looking for French investment in nuclear energy assuming that the India-US nuclear agreement is done by then. AREVA, the French nuclear conglomerate, would like to sell nuclear... Posted Sep 14 2007, 09:32 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Nuclear energy, Nicolas Sarkozy, offset deals, France

• U.S. Nuclear deal with India may go south

  A wave of opposition has left India's government reeling India's nuclear deal with the U.S. may be going south. Bloomberg wire service reports India's parliamentary government has put the deal "on hold" due to increasing opposition within the ruling coalition. India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a committee was being formed to evaluate the agreement which has become hotly contested... Posted Aug 31 2007, 05:52 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, nuclear