India joins ITER project as full partner

Washington (Platts)--7Dec2005

India joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
project as a full partner yesterday following a meeting of ITER partners on
Jeju Island, South Korea. U.S. support for India was "instrumental" in
ensuring other ITER partners--the European Union, Russia, Japan, South Korea,
and China--agreed to accept India, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi said in a
press statement yesterday. President George W. Bush had pledged to consult
with ITER members about India's accession following the signing of the
U.S.-India Joint Statement in July. The embassy said the ITER action
represents "the first tangible and concrete step toward greater cooperation
between the U.S. and India in the nuclear field," as envisioned in the joint
statement.

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