NEW DELHE: India proposes to sell equipment radioisotopes and Services to other countries for the peaceful application of nuclear energy.
Stating this in Rajya Sabha in reply to K K Birla the minister of state Kamal Morarka said a few countries had explored possibilities of taking India’s assistance in the development of their nuclear technologies.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had also evinced interest in various nuclear instruments and equipment developed in this country the minister said.
India was now capable of expanding its nuclear power programme for enhancing the total quantity of electricity generated from nuclear resources. The country had already demonstrated self-sufficiency in nuclear technology in a wide spectrum of areas Kamal Morarka said.
He said that it appeared Pakistan was making efforts to achieve a greater degree of self-reliance in its nuclear programme by setting up an enactment plant operating a five MW research reactor at Islamabad and 125 MW nuclear power plant at Karachi and setting up plants for up gradation of heavy water and fuel fabrication although it was not in a position to construct its Own nuclear power reactor.
India was producing 1500 MW of nuclear power from its seven nuclear power reactors operating and as many power reactors were already under construction for production of electricity from nuclear resources he added.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 15, 1991
