Would India consider joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)?
One has to examine this carefully. Join (the NSG) as what? What do we gain by joining the NSG? To become a member so that all export controls on India are removed, and technology controlson India are removed. If export controls from the suppliers side to India are simplified or eased, then one could think of NSG. However, one has to work out what it means, in terms of what would be our status, what benefits we get from joining, all this has to be looked at. Where does the nuclear programme go from here in the coming decades, both civilian and the military programme? In June 1995, we had a meeting called “Vision 2000”, where we have set a target of 20,000 MW from nuclear power by the year 2020. We are very optimistic about reaching this goal and the fuel cycle facilities which go along with that. It will be a mixture of Pressurised Heavy Water reactors, Fast Breeder reactors and light water reactors. In the field of applications, production of isotopes for use in agriculture and medicin
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