04-03-2006, 02:55 AM
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Pioneer.com
PTI / Mumbai
Kakodkar to hold talks on safeguards in Vienna----- Even as Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran works to fast forward the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US, Russia has delivered the first part of the promised supply of 60 metric tonne of enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power plants, according to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) sources.
The first consignment of 20-25 metric tonnes of uranium, which arrived from Russia at the Nuclear Fuel Complex of DAE, will be delivered to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at an appropriate time, a DAE official said.
Both TAPS I and TAPS II have been renovated and have got the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's licence to operate for five years from February 16, 2006 and therefore, the supply by Russia is timely.
<b>"With Russian supply of 60 metric tonnes of uranium, the plants will have fuel for next five years and run smoothly,"</b> executive director, corporate planning, NPCIL, S Thakur said.
Meanwhile, India's top nuclear scientist will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards' accord proposed under the Indo-US nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of nuclear fuel for Indian reactors.
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Pioneer.com
PTI / Mumbai
Kakodkar to hold talks on safeguards in Vienna----- Even as Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran works to fast forward the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US, Russia has delivered the first part of the promised supply of 60 metric tonne of enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power plants, according to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) sources.
The first consignment of 20-25 metric tonnes of uranium, which arrived from Russia at the Nuclear Fuel Complex of DAE, will be delivered to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at an appropriate time, a DAE official said.
Both TAPS I and TAPS II have been renovated and have got the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's licence to operate for five years from February 16, 2006 and therefore, the supply by Russia is timely.
<b>"With Russian supply of 60 metric tonnes of uranium, the plants will have fuel for next five years and run smoothly,"</b> executive director, corporate planning, NPCIL, S Thakur said.
Meanwhile, India's top nuclear scientist will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards' accord proposed under the Indo-US nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of nuclear fuel for Indian reactors.
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