India says Russian nuke supply to Tarapur is no violation
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, March 15, IRNA
India-Russia-US-Nuke Supply
Virtually rejecting US reservations, India on Wednesday asserted that Russia's decision to provide the urgently-needed uranium to Tarapur plant entailed "no violation" of NSG guidelines and was being done under its Safety Exception Clause.
"There is no violation of NSG guidelines and Russia has approached 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group (under the Safety Exception Clause of the NSG Guidelines)," PTI report said here today quoting Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, Navtej Sarna.
Sarna was reacting to reservations expressed by US State Department over Russia's move to supply 60 metric tonnes of uranium to units I and II of Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) to enable it to continue to function.
"The US is aware of the urgent need for fuel to Tarapur," the MEA spokesman said."
Indicating its reservation to Russia's move to supply fuel for Tarapur nuclear reactor, the US has said that any such step should be aken after India fulfills its obligations under the historic Indo-US nuclear deal.
"We recognise that... they (India) have need for fuel. And we think that deals to supply that fuel should move forward on the basis of a joint initiative, on the basis of steps that India will take that it has not yet taken," US State Department acting spokesman Adam Ereli told reporters here referring to Indo-US nuclear deal.
Earlier on India's request, Russia has agreed to supply a limited amount of uranium fuel for the safeguarded units 1 and 2 of the Tarapur Atomic Power Station and this supply of fuel will enable the plant to continue to operate in safety and provide much needed electricity to the western power grid of the country.
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