Obama admn seeks "assurance" on non-proliferation from India

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 16 (PTI) The Obama Administration has
sought an "assurance" from India on nuclear non-proliferation
to take forward the Indo-US civilian nuclear trade between
them.

The Indian "assurance" is now being considered as a
"proximate obstacle" to Indo-US civilian nuclear trade as
Americans in knowledge of the talks on this critical issue
have metaphorically termed New Delhi's response as "India is
not picking up the phone".
In the absence of such an "assurance" letter from
India, the PTI has been informed that the US Department of
Energy would not be able to issue the mandatory license –
called Part 810 (pronounced Part eight ten) – to American
companies for doing any kind of civilian nuclear trade with
the country.
Part 810 - refers to the process set forth in 10 Code
of Federal Regulations Part 810. Under the section 57.b of the
US Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance
with established procedures, only the Secretary of Energy is
authorised to give permission, directly or indirectly, to
persons or companies in the production of special nuclear
material outside the US.
This provision applies to technology transfers and
technical assistance to all activities of the nuclear
fuel-cycle, including non-power reactors. MORE PTI LKJ
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