A meeting was held on April 28-30, 2009 at Idaho National Laboratory involving the United States and India. This was the second meeting of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group, while the first was held on October 2008. In October the U.S.-India Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation agreement was signed with lots of ambitions. This agreement was aimed to help India with its demanding energy needs in a safe environmental way. This will create new jobs for both countries. There were many things discussed at the meeting, such as, understanding of each country’s nuclear energy development plans; including light water reactors; near term reactor deployment; licensing,; management of nuclear waste; research and development programs as well as international best practices.The United States looks forward to working with India and will hold their next meeting in India towards the end of 2009. I think that the world is finally coming together to help each other. This is a smart move that America and India made, because it will benefit both countries. Slowly, more countries will realize that they too will need help to create a safer, more reliable planet for the future. Want to read more? Click Here
U.S. Department of Energy. (2008). Retrieved on November 16, 2009 from
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