Despite prime minister Manmohan Singh having won over top atomic scientists who had earlier opposed the India-US nuclear deal, bureaucratic opposition to the deal remains entrenched. There’s been a flap following the sensible suggestion from C N R Rao — who heads the PM’s scientific advisory council — that the private sector should be allowed entry into the nuclear energy field. Nuclear power plants are long-gestation projects. They require enormous investments in the beginning, but produce cheap power over the long term. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), the PSU tasked with generating nuclear power in India, has not covered itself with glory. The major benefit of the India-US nuclear deal was supposed to be a boost to civilian nuclear power production in India, but this can’t be realised if the sector remains starved of capital and technology. Since the deal clearly separates India’s military and civilian plants, and the latter will be placed under interna...
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