Nuclear Liability Law

The United States and India on Wednesday agreed to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six U.S. nuclear power plants in India, the two countries said in a joint statement.

A month after India and France signed an agreement to take forward a deal to supply six nuclear reactors for Jaitapur plant, French firm EDF has said concern over India's liability law still remains and that it will give a fresh pricing proposal for these units.

General Electric Co will not invest in atomic energy in India until accident liability laws are brought in line with global rules, chairman Jeff Immelt said on Monday, in a setback for top-level efforts to get US firms to build power stations.

India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.

The government has refuted reports that it is hunting for a route to get around a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for a nuclear disaster. The Prime Minister is meeting US President Barack Obama next month in New York. The US has been pressuring India to grant its companies greater protection from liabilities.

The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned.The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting wi...

The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned. The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting ...

Fresh controversy over the Nuclear Liability Law has erupted with reports of the government planning to bypass the law to favour a US company seeking to operate a nuclear power plant in India. Sources say the Prime Minister's Office is actively pursuing the deal prior to Dr Singh's visit to the United States next week where he's expected to meet P...

On the eve of a key bilateral meeting, Russia said the cost of the next phase of the Kudankulam atomic project would escalate if it has to bear additional liabilities arising from a possible nuclear accident. With differences in perception over India's civil nuclear liability law, the negotiations on the units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear P...

Manmohan Singh, Barack Obama, Bali, nuclear issue

A day after India notified its rules on nuclear liability, government officials have taken a tough line regarding American objections, which they anticipate will remain sticking points. India's rules are likely to feature prominently at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting tomorrow with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Associat...

The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...

The United States and India on Wednesday agreed to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six U.S. nuclear power plants in India, the two countries said in a joint statement.

A month after India and France signed an agreement to take forward a deal to supply six nuclear reactors for Jaitapur plant, French firm EDF has said concern over India's liability law still remains and that it will give a fresh pricing proposal for these units.

General Electric Co will not invest in atomic energy in India until accident liability laws are brought in line with global rules, chairman Jeff Immelt said on Monday, in a setback for top-level efforts to get US firms to build power stations.

India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.

The government has refuted reports that it is hunting for a route to get around a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for a nuclear disaster. The Prime Minister is meeting US President Barack Obama next month in New York. The US has been pressuring India to grant its companies greater protection from liabilities.

The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned.The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting wi...

The government has said that it will not violate or subvert a crucial law that makes foreign suppliers liable for an accident if the nuclear equipment they provided malfunctioned. The US has been pressuring India to grants its companies greater protection from liabilities. US President Barack Obama is expected to raise this at next week's meeting ...

Fresh controversy over the Nuclear Liability Law has erupted with reports of the government planning to bypass the law to favour a US company seeking to operate a nuclear power plant in India. Sources say the Prime Minister's Office is actively pursuing the deal prior to Dr Singh's visit to the United States next week where he's expected to meet P...

On the eve of a key bilateral meeting, Russia said the cost of the next phase of the Kudankulam atomic project would escalate if it has to bear additional liabilities arising from a possible nuclear accident. With differences in perception over India's civil nuclear liability law, the negotiations on the units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear P...

Manmohan Singh, Barack Obama, Bali, nuclear issue

A day after India notified its rules on nuclear liability, government officials have taken a tough line regarding American objections, which they anticipate will remain sticking points. India's rules are likely to feature prominently at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting tomorrow with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Associat...

The passage of a Nuclear Liability Bill by Parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable threatens to cast a long shadow over India's plans to open an estimated $150 billion nuclear market to foreign companies.US officials are unwilling to comment publicly on the limiting liability legislation, a key piece under US law ...