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हिन्दी — Read in HindiFusion, radiation applications and nuclear governance
Atomic energy beyond power stations, and its governance: fusion research, radioisotopes and radiation in medicine, farming and food, the nuclear regulator, and international safeguards and treaties. Prelims has asked about India's membership of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and why some Indian reactors are under international safeguards.
UPSC has asked
- Prelims 2020: why some Indian nuclear reactors are under international safeguards
- Prelims 2016: India's membership of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
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United States and Saudi Arabia civil nuclear agreement
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The United States and Saudi Arabia civil nuclear agreement is a 30 year agreement the two countries signed on 22 July.
- Enrichment raises the share of uranium-235 to 3 to 5 per cent for fuel and above 90 per cent for a weapon, using the same centrifuges.
- The Additional Protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency allows inspections at short notice.
What changed
26 Jul 2026New
- Unlike the 2009 agreement with the United Arab Emirates, it does not bar enrichment or reprocessing, and provides for a two year joint study on enrichment in the kingdom.
- It does not require Saudi Arabia to adopt the Additional Protocol.
The Hindu, 26 Jul 2026: What is the Saudi-U.S. nuclear deal about? The Hindu ePaper, 26 July 2026 (opens in a new tab) · The Indian Express, 25 Jul 2026: A United States civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia reopens the enrichment question (opens in a new tab)
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