Things are apparently still somewhat uncertain. The Japanese Prime Minister is under tremendous pressure to go ahead with nuclear programmes and he is expected to resign in near future.
In case things turn out to be as indicated below, the GE, Westinghouse and Areva - all the three - will be in trouble as regards supplying nuclear reactors to India. Only Rosatom will remain unaffected. So it'll have a deep impact on the planned expansion of nuclear power in India. Sukla On 17 July 2011 22:14, Arun Shrivastava <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > This is a welcome development, given the fact that two Japanese MNCs are > also in the fray and have joint venture with other nuclear plan supplier. > I just hope this is not a ruse. > Kind regards > Arun Shrivastava > > > Japan to suspend civil nuclear talks with India: report > > The Japanese government is reported to have decided to suspend civil > nuclear cooperation talks with India and four other countries — Brazil, > South Africa, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. > > Tokyo's decision, said to be a sequel to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto > Kan's latest move to take the country away from the nuclear energy path, was > reported by Kyodo news agency on Saturday. > > The agency quoted a Japanese government source as saying that any move to > proceed with the talks now “could risk contradicting the Prime Minister's > policy.” > > *Japanese Foreign Ministry ‘not aware'* > > Contacted by *The Hindu*, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hidenobu > Sobashima said on Saturday night that he was “not aware of any change of > policy [on civil nuclear talks with India and others] at this point.” > > The Foreign Ministry is a prime mover for civil nuclear talks with external > powers, and Mr. Sobashima is authorised to speak on the subject. > > *‘Personal comment'* > > Without confirming or contradicting Tokyo's reported move to suspend civil > nuclear talks with India and others, Mr. Sobashima said Mr. Kan, who called > for an eventual farewell to nuclear energy even for peaceful purposes, > clarified that he was making a “personal comment.” > > As a result, a high-level view in the Foreign Ministry was that there would > be “no contradiction” between Mr. Kan's “long-term wish and the present > situation.” > > *India ‘not informed'* > > Another source told *The Hindu *that India, until nightfall on Saturday, > was not informed of any Japanese decision to suspend the bilateral civil > nuclear talks. > > As a long-time ‘nuclear pacifist,' Japan did not, at first, join the > “nuclear rush” towards India that was triggered by the 2008 decision of the > Nuclear Suppliers Group in New Delhi's favour. > > *Bilateral talks* > > And, it was only in mid-2010 that Japan, citing “India's importance” among > other factors, began bilateral talks for a civil nuclear cooperation pact. > > Even as the talks between Tokyo and New Delhi were not proving to be a > smooth sail, Japan was shaken by the March 11 temblor and tsunami and the > collateral nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. > > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Japan%20to%20suspend%20civil%20nuclear%20talks%20with%20India%3A%20report>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Japan%20to%20suspend%20civil%20nuclear%20talks%20with%20India%3A%20report>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHRO/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyNmRoYmFtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3MjY3NjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4Mzc2NARtc2dJZAM2MzA4MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzMTA5NTI3MDI-?act=reply&messageNum=63080>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHRO/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN244b2NkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3MjY3NjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4Mzc2NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMTA5NTI3MDI-> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHRO/message/63080;_ylc=X3oDMTM3c2ZpcjJ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3MjY3NjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4Mzc2NARtc2dJZAM2MzA4MARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMTA5NTI3MDIEdHBjSWQDNjMwODA->( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHRO/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnOWxmdDZiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3MjY3NjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4Mzc2NARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzEwOTUyNzAy?o=6> > 1 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHRO;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMWR2cms4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3MjY3NjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4Mzc2NARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzMTA5NTI3MDI-> > International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), of the Indian > subcontinent, is a NGO, with national focus and overseas lobby network. 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