Acknowledging the negative impact the Fukushima disaster has had on the acceptability of atomic power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a gathering of world leaders here on Tuesday that the synergy between the “highest standards of safety and security…is essential to restore public faith in nuclear energy.”
In a statement to the plenary of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) — which was attended by 53 countries and five international organisations — Dr. Singh underlined India's responsible citizenship of a nuclear world and backed the modest expansion of the scope of international cooperation that the Seoul meeting has agreed to
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