Russian nuke supply is no violation: India

Virtually rejecting US reservations, India today asserted that Russia's decision to provide the urgently-needed uranium to Tarapur plant entailed "no violation" of nsg guidelines and was being done under its safety exception clause.

"There is no violation of NSG guidelines and Russia has approached NSG (45-country nuclear suppliers group) under the safety exception clause (of the NSG guidelines)," external affairs ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said.

Sarna was reacting to reservations expressed by US state department over Russia's move to supply 60 metric tonnes of uranium to units I and II of Tarapur atomic power station (Taps) to enable it to continue to function.