ABSTRACT
A belief in the three-stage program as originally envisioned continues to be the cornerstone of nuclear policy-making in India.4
The main argument advanced in favour of fast breeder reactors is that they produce (‘breed’) more fi ssile material than they
Oxford University Press, p. 26. 3 Ibid. 4 During a debate in Parliament on the Indo-US nuclear deal in 2006,
Manmohan Singh assured that the deal would not affect India’s nuclear weapons program or the three-stage nuclear program. ‘Deal won’t affect N-scheme: PM’, The Statesman, 8 March 2006.
