Pact on N-fuel likely Monday

Mumbai, March 20: The pact on India’s right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel of US origin is likely to be announced by the two countries on March 22.
This is one of the few important steps left towards implementation of the historic Indo-US civil nuclear deal which envisages a clearly defined accounting of reprocessing of nuclear material under international safeguards.

India and the US had ironed out their differences and finalised the pact on the “arrangements and procedures” for reprocessing US-origin spent fuel in India during their final meeting on the subject in the first week of this month in New Delhi as per the 123 Agreement, department of atomic energy sources said.
“Both countries had finalised the text of the accord early this month and are likely to make a formal announcement on Monday after obtaining approval of their political leadership,” sources said. “Wait till the formal announcement,” they said when asked about various other aspects of the pact.     —PTI