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Anil Sasi

New Delhi, Oct. 14 A strong turnout by the US nuclear industry is on the cards at the ‘Green India Summit’ being organised by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and CII in Washington on Wednesday, with reactor majors GE and Westinghouse Electric, along with Bechtel, USEC, Thorium Power, BWXT, and Shaw Group among the nuclear biggies set to attend the event.

The Summit, which comes close on the heels of the signing into law of the US-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative, is being seen as a precursor to an official US nuclear trade delegation coming to India shortly to step up engagements.

The event is set to be attended by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde.

“GE, Westinghouse, Bechtel, USEC, Thorium Power, BWXT, and Shaw Group will be attending among others,” Mr Ted Jones, a spokesperson for Green India Summit, told Business Line. The US Secretary of Commerce, Mr Carlos Gutierrez, who is to participate in the event, is also likely to announce an upcoming civil nuclear trade mission to India, which is expected to take place before year-end.

Following last week’s signing into law the US-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative, US firms are in the running, along with Russian and French reactor manufacturers, for India’s civil nuclear build up plans – pegged at over $150 billion over the next 30 years.

The USIBC-CII ‘Green India’ Initiative is aimed at highlighting the challenges and opportunities relating to India’s infrastructure upgradation plans and the summit would examine the opening of India’s civilian nuclear energy sector and the potential for investments. Among the key sponsors of the summit is Nuclear Energy Institute, which is apex policy making body of the America’s nuclear companies. GE is also a sponsor of the event.

USIBC represents some of the top 300 US companies who are carrying business in India or are interested in entering the emerging Indian market.

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