US Atomic Regulatory Commission chief in India

New Delhi, Nov 12 (PTI) As a follow-up to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, US Atomic Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale E Klein is in India to discuss with officials here on the concrete details of the cooperation.

Dale, who arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday night, will
reach New Delhi on Thursday.

He will meet India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar
Menon, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran and Atomic
Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar during his four-day
stay in India, sources said.

The two sides are expected to discuss the specific
details of the cooperation in the civil nuclear field, they
said.

Among the issues that are expected to figure in the
discussions is the proposed setting up of a Dedicated
Reprocessing Facility by India as per the deal.

The two sides are also expected to deliberate on
implementation of the Separation Plan for segregating civil
and military nuclear facilities reached in March 2006.

As per the Plan, India has identified 14 of its 22
nuclear facilities as civilian, which will be put under
International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) safeguards.

After the safeguards, India can receive fuel from
foreign suppliers for the civilian nuclear plants.

India is also planning to amend the Atomic Energy Act to
allow private companies, including foreign firms, to enter
nuclear power generation sector. PTI AKK