Nuclear Liability

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  India Plans To Amend Nuclear Liability Laws Ahead Of PM's Expected US Visit

  India on Saturday announced plans to amend its nuclear liability law and set up a nuclear energy mission, a move that came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the US.

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  Concern Over India's Nuclear Liability Law Still Remains: French Firm EDF

  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.

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  Suppliers Can't Be Sued For Accidents, Operators Can: Details of Nuclear Deal With US

  The Indian government has released details of its nuclear agreement, which was sealed in meetings between India and the US, during US President Barack Obama's recent visit to India. The two countries have come to agreement on points ranging from liability in the event of mishaps to the tracking of supplied nuclear material.

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  N-Deal Good, But Don't Expect Results Before 2023, Says Its Architect

  Amid all the hype around the breakthrough in the Indo-US nuclear deal, Anil Kakodkar, the original architect of the agreement has said one cannot expect electricity from the imported reactors before 2023.

• Controversy over nuclear liability law before PM's meet with Obama

  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.

• Government trying to limit nuclear liability of suppliers? Who said what

  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...

• Ahead of PM-Obama meet, India takes tough stand on nuclear liability law

  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...

• Ahead of PM-Obama meeting, India notifies nuclear liability rules

  Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled meeting with US President Barack Obama on Friday at Bali, India today notified rules on nuclear liability. The development is significant as nuclear liability has remained a key point of contention between the two nations over the civil nuclear cooperation deal signed in 2008.

• India to sign key nuclear treaty

  Ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit, sources say, that India is expected to sign a crucial International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) treaty called the Convention on Supplementary Compensation(CSC) for Nuclear Damage.This will get India access to  international funds in case of a nuclear accident, though it also lays out liability nor...

• Nuclear Liability: US companies concerned, says Shiv Shankar Menon

  With just a month to go for President Barack Obama's India visit, National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, who is in Washington, has said the Indian Government is in talks with US companies that have expressed concerns about Nuclear Liability Act.Most American companies feel the law puts a big burden on suppliers. They are confused as to what ...

• Will Nuclear Liability law deter foreign suppliers

  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 ...

• Nuclear Liability Bill report fiasco: Rajya Sabha probe fixes blame

  Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has virtually pulled up T Subbirami Reddy, Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee that went into the Nuclear Liability Bill for the insertion of some words beyond agreed terms that threatened the passage of the measure."...it would be desirable that Chairpersons of Committees should invariably follow up their verbal...

• Govt trying to end regime of nuclear apartheid: PM

  After months of complicated negotiation and considerable last-minute drama, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Nuclear Liability Bill, backed by a political compromise between the government and the Opposition. The Bill was tabled in the House today after hectic parleys between the government and the Opposition.The government agreed to amendment...

• N-Bill: Govt may drop 'intent' clause?

  While the controversy over the Nuclear Liability Bill seems complex it actually all boils down to one question: How much will the suppliers of nuclear equipment be liable to pay up if there is a nuclear disaster?In the latest version of the Bill the nuclear supplier will in effect pay absolutely nothing even if the disaster is caused by a defect in...

• N-Bill impasse: Govt open to suggestions from Opposition

  Will there be an end to the deadlock between the government and the Opposition over the Nuclear Liability Bill today? The latest version of the Nuclear Liability Bill is widely considered to be outrageous. It allows manufacturers of nuclear equipment to escape scot-free without paying any damages, even if their equipment is faulty and caused a nucl...