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India, Germany to cooperate in civilian nuclear energy

Reflecting their desire to deepen the strategic partnership, India [ Images ] and Germany [ Images ] have for the first time discussed the possibilities of entering into bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] referred to the prospects of the two countries entering into the new area of cooperation while hailing Germany's supportive role in the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group which gave a crucial waiver in 2008 to help India come out of 34-year-old nuclear apartheid.

"On the bilateral side, we deeply value Germany's consistent support, including in the NSG, for the opening of international commerce for India in the field of civil nuclear energy. We have discussed the possibilities of entering into bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy," Singh told a joint news conference on Saturday night after wide ranging talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Vivek Katju, Secretary(West) in the External Affairs Ministry, told mediapersons that Germany has "certain strengths" in the nuclear power generation which contributes in a big way to the country's electricity needs.

Civilian cooperation in the atomic sector by authorities concerned on both the sides will be explored, he said. Germany has been keen on civilian nuclear cooperation with India but the first step in this direction could be about reactor safety, German ambassador to India Thomas Matussek had said recently.

Germany has been reluctant because one of the big risks of the globe is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Matussek had said, noting however that India has an impeccable non-proliferation track record Merkel also voiced Germany's readiness to deepen its strategic partnership with India which also included boosting the transfer of technology.

She reiterated this could also involve working together on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and stepping up military cooperation. India has largely indigenous nuclear power programme and expects to have 20,000 MW nuclear capacity on line by 2020 and 63,000 MW by 2032.

It is aiming to supply 25 percent of electricity from nuclear power by 2050. Germany also backs India's bid to gain membership of the NSG, applauding its "excellent" non-proliferation track record.

According to Mattusek, India not being a party to the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty will not be an issue for his country's support to India's candidacy to the elite nuclear club like the 45-nation NSG, though it would like New Delhi [ Images ] to be a signatory to the controversial treaty.

"We will give support for India for its NSG membership...even without India not becoming a NPT signatory," he added. "We value India's commitment to non-proliferation. We appreciate its track record despite not being a party to NPT," he said.

Matussek had also said that Germany can supply turbine equipment and nuclear safety technology to India.

India, Germany to cooperate in civil nuke energy - Rediff.com India News
 
great news
heartening to see india signing deals with many countries and all countries acknowledging indias clean history
 
[quote="cybertron']and why is that so??? [/quote]

Because of those moronic green-peace type activists. Ironically fossil fuels are far worse for the environment

Edit: Actually their arguments are not that bad. We can dump all our waste into...say the Thar desert, Germans can't

"We will give support for India for its NSG membership...even without India not becoming a NPT signatory,"
he added. "We value India's commitment to non-proliferation. We appreciate its track record despite not being a party to NPT," he said.

This is enough actually :D
 
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If u think beyod nuclear domain... It means a lot.
In defence and technology Germany can be a great partner...

Thats where this statment is really meaningful and important....

U214s.... Getting closer???
 
It's surely good news, but Germans aren't much into reactor tech. Koreans, Japanese, Russians, Americans, French but no Germans.

Nuclear power in Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apparently an "Anti-Nuclear Energy" movement has been going on (from 2000) in Germany to permanently phase out nuclear power

Actually that's not correct, they still have very good know how in this field, but mainly are turning towards the future of energy techs and that is not nuclear engery, but green energy where they are already world leaders again!

Personally I would prefer more green energy deals with Germany, but it is not surprising that the actual Gov is pushing the nuclear deals first.
India has no option to nuclear energy at the moment and to keep up the growth, but we have to focus on green energy for the future!
 
If u think beyod nuclear domain... It means a lot.
In defence and technology Germany can be a great partner...

Thats where this statment is really meaningful and important....

U214s.... Getting closer???

Hi Xinix, the whole invitation of MMS now is neccesary, because Germany and it's Gov missed to see the potential of India for several years. Their economy and politicans mainly focused on China as a future market, but left out India too much and now they try to catch up with other countries.
It's not like there wasn't German visits this year too, the former President came early this year, the economy and foreign minister came recently too, but all the media hype about the big leaders coming to India now put some pressure on the Germans. That's why they invited MMS now and cleared Merkels visit to India next year so fast.

Regarding military deals, I don't think this will change much, although forbes recently rated chancellor Merkel as the most powerful woman in the world (followed by Sonia Gandhi btw) we have good offers from other countries too and I don't think Germany can politically offer much now, that would make such a move neccesary.
 

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