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"India has maintained an impeccable non-proliferation
record, of which we are proud of," Singh said, adding that
India, as a responsible nuclear power, has not been and will
not be the source of proliferation of sensitive technologies.
He said India has a well-established and effective
export control system which has worked without fail for over
six decades.
"We have strengthened this system by harmonisation of
our guidelines and lists with those of the Nuclear Suppliers
Group and the Missile Technology Control Regime," he said.
Singh said India's commitment not to transfer nuclear
weapons or related materials and technologies to non-nuclear
weapon states or non-state actors is enshrined in domestic law
through the enactment of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Act.
"We stand committed not to transfer reprocessing and
enrichment technologies and equipment to countries that do not
possess them," the Prime Minister said.
He said India has ambitious plans for using nuclear
energy to meet its growing energy needs, with the target being
to increase installed capacity more than seven-fold to 35,000
MWe by the year 2022, and to 60,000 MWe by 2032.
India's three-stage nuclear power programme, which
began 60 years ago, is based on a closed nuclear fuel cycle, a
direct benefit of this being to ensure control over nuclear
material that is generated as spent fuel.
At the same time, India is continually upgrading
technology to develop nuclear systems that are intrinsically
safe, secure and proliferation resistant.
India has recently developed an Advanced Heavy Water
Reactor based on Low Enriched Uranium and thorium with new
safety and proliferation-resistant features.
As a founder member of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, India has consistently supported the central role of
the IAEA in facilitating national efforts to strengthen
nuclear security and in fostering effective international
cooperation.
India has so far conducted nine Regional Training
Courses on Nuclear Security in cooperation with the IAEA. "We
have entered into a Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA in
2008, and have decided to place all future civilian thermal
power reactors and civilian breeder reactors under IAEA
safeguards," Singh said. PTI
record, of which we are proud of," Singh said, adding that
India, as a responsible nuclear power, has not been and will
not be the source of proliferation of sensitive technologies.
He said India has a well-established and effective
export control system which has worked without fail for over
six decades.
"We have strengthened this system by harmonisation of
our guidelines and lists with those of the Nuclear Suppliers
Group and the Missile Technology Control Regime," he said.
Singh said India's commitment not to transfer nuclear
weapons or related materials and technologies to non-nuclear
weapon states or non-state actors is enshrined in domestic law
through the enactment of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Act.
"We stand committed not to transfer reprocessing and
enrichment technologies and equipment to countries that do not
possess them," the Prime Minister said.
He said India has ambitious plans for using nuclear
energy to meet its growing energy needs, with the target being
to increase installed capacity more than seven-fold to 35,000
MWe by the year 2022, and to 60,000 MWe by 2032.
India's three-stage nuclear power programme, which
began 60 years ago, is based on a closed nuclear fuel cycle, a
direct benefit of this being to ensure control over nuclear
material that is generated as spent fuel.
At the same time, India is continually upgrading
technology to develop nuclear systems that are intrinsically
safe, secure and proliferation resistant.
India has recently developed an Advanced Heavy Water
Reactor based on Low Enriched Uranium and thorium with new
safety and proliferation-resistant features.
As a founder member of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, India has consistently supported the central role of
the IAEA in facilitating national efforts to strengthen
nuclear security and in fostering effective international
cooperation.
India has so far conducted nine Regional Training
Courses on Nuclear Security in cooperation with the IAEA. "We
have entered into a Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA in
2008, and have decided to place all future civilian thermal
power reactors and civilian breeder reactors under IAEA
safeguards," Singh said. PTI
