INDO-FRENCH TWO LAST

"The entry into force of the Agreement gives a new
impetus to the Indo-French partnership and will contribute to
further strengthening the deep ties of friendship and
long-standing cooperation between the two countries," the
statement said.

The Indo-French nuclear agreement allows for reprocessing
of spent nuclear fuel from French atomic reactors under
safeguards, and gives an assurance of lifetime supply of
nuclear fuel for these reactors.
It does not bar the transfer of enrichment and
reprocessing technologies.
France becomes the second country after Russia to give
unconditional rights to reprocess spent nuclear fuel to India.
The agreement makes it mandatory that reprocessing be
done under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA). PTI PYK