November 10 2008 -The UK Government has announced the lifting of a ban on exporting sensitive nuclear technology to India. Firms had up until last month been banned from supplying equipment and material on the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) "trigger list" to India.
But the government says that items intended for civilian nuclear projects can now be exported. The NSG agreed in September to lift a ban that had denied India access to the international nuclear market.
Last month the US and India signed a civilian nuclear co-operation accord to end 34 years of US sanctions. Shortly before that, France - the world's second largest producer of nuclear energy after the US - signed an agreement with India which paved the way for the sale of French nuclear reactors to Delhi. More >>>
