Addressing an international conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in New Delhi,Tuesday, Mr.Singh said that India's nuclear energy industry is poised for major expansion.

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It was announced a day after the second anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that crippled the country's atomic power industry and exposed its lack of domestic energy sources.

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It reflects the attempt by those in nuclear energy to resurrect the industry as an atomic empire.

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The Bush administration says India's nuclear industry, though not its atomic weapons program, will be under tighter safeguards.

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