INDIA INKS PACT WITH UKRAINE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY
In a bid
to enhance safety of its increasing number of nuclear plants, India on November
10, 2012 inked a pact with Ukraine on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
to take advantage of the country's expertise in the crucial sector.
Four other
pacts, including framework agreement to expand defence ties were also inked
between the two countries after comprehensive talks between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during which they
agreed to forge a comprehensive partnership between their countries.
Noting
that they exchanged views on nuclear energy and nuclear safety, where they can
learn a great deal from each other, Singh said, "The unfortunate Chernobyl
accident has given Ukraine valuable insight and knowledge in dealing with this
critical issue. Through the Agreement that has just been signed between the
nuclear regulatory authorities of both sides, we have agreed to share our
experiences in nuclear safety and radiation protection."
The
nuclear disaster in April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plan in Ukraine
(then official Ukrainian SSR) is one of only two classified accidents as a
level 7 even on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the
Fukushima Dailchi nuclear disaster in 2011.
Significantly,
some of the experts working in Kudankulam nuclear plant are of Ukrainian
origin.
In a press
statement, the Prime Minister also said that the two countries were already
undertaking a number of defence cooperation projects and December 10's, defence
cooperation agreement establishes a new framework for expanding this
cooperation.
Apart from
nuclear safety and defence, the three pacts inked arc Cooperation in the Fields of Science and
Technology, Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters
and Standardisation, Conformity Assessment and Quality Cooperation
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