ABSTRACT
With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement followed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) clearance, India has embarked on a nuclear energy expansion programme seeking cooperation from two dozen countries and a similar number of industrial houses. The civil nuclear network that India is carving spans six continents, with many nuclear deals signed and a dozen in the pipeline. As the civil nuclear deal with the US promises uninterrupted supply of nuclear fuel and technology, the nuclear activities in India that have resumed in the post-Indo-US nuclear deal phase are simply carrying forward to a new height the first phase of India's nuclear networking initiated after Independence. India's current civil nuclear framework involves both public and private participation, and mobilising domestic and international cooperation. Russia signed a broad-based agreement in the civil nuclear field with India on December 7, 2009, to ensure transfer of technology and uninterrupted uranium fuel supplies.
