The atomic scientists estimate that India has about 30-35 nuclear warheads, which is fewer than Pakistan.
India's Atomic Energy Act states that there should be no habitation within five kilometers of dumping grounds or tailing ponds.
The United States, he concludes, should not try to roll back India's atomic-weapons capacity, but encourage a nuclear doctrine that reduces risk.
Pakistan's problems are complicated by its testing of atomic weapons in May, two weeks after India conducted similar explosions.
The Bush administration says India's nuclear industry, though not its atomic weapons program, will be under tighter safeguards.
India and Pakistan declared themselves nuclear weapon states when they tested atomic bombs in 1998.
With its sales in the atomic-power sector falling by a third since the Fukushima accident, India "would be a major focus of business if regulatory clearance is given by the government, " a spokesman said.
The group, which was founded by scientists who had worked on the first atomic bombs in the second world war, listed the continuing crisis between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir as one of their concerns.
India now needs to negotiate a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and win the consensus of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group so that the Bush administration can present the deal to Congress for a final vote before the end of 2007.
Last week, Indian officials met members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world nuclear regulatory body, in Vienna to discuss plans to safeguard India's civilian nuclear facilities.
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