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India still hopeful of nuclear deal with Westinghouse
Context:
- India is confident of concluding the nuclear deal with reactor-maker Westinghouse Electric very soon as it expects the company to come out of bankruptcy.
Background:
- Following the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, India has been in discussion with Westinghouse since 2005 to build six AP1000 nuclear reactors.
- NPCIL and Westinghouse had finally agreed to work toward finalising the contractual arrangements by June 2017.
- However, the process was stalled after Toshiba Corp declared bankruptcy and decided to move out of reactor-building business.
Second site for additional Russian reactors:
- The second site for constructing additional Russian reactors in Andhra Pradesh is yet to be finalised.
- Various factors such as land type, earthquake potential, availability of water should all be factored in.
