Sullivan sagt, die USA würden die Beschränkungen für indische Nuklearanlagen aufheben, um die Energiebeziehungen zu stärken

Submission Statement:

The U.S. government is in the process of removing restrictions on Indian nuclear entities, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday, in a bid to forge deeper energy ties with New Delhi and bolster a 20-year old landmark nuclear deal.

ISSUE:
Washington and New Delhi have been discussing supply of U.S. nuclear reactors to energy-hungry India since the mid-2000s and a deal signed by then President George W. Bush in 2007 allowed the United States to sell civilian nuclear technology to India.

But a longstanding obstacle has been the need to bring Indian liability rules in line with global norms which require the costs of any accident to be channeled to the operator rather than the maker of a nuclear power plant.

NEW DIRECTION:
“United States is now finalizing the necessary steps to remove long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India’s leading nuclear entities and U.S. companies,” Sullivan said at an event in New Delhi on the second day of a two-day visit.

ENTITIES:
The United States had placed restrictions on more than 200 Indian entities after India tested nuclear weapons in 1998, but many have been taken off the list over the years as bilateral ties evolved,

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s list currently includes at least four entities of India’s Department of Atomic Energy, and some Indian nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants.