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South Asians Against Nukes Post
6 December 2000

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#1. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
#2. Pakistan's Nuclear Infrastructure Map & Chart
#3. India's Nuclear Power power plants, reactors & infrastructure
#4. India and Pakistan: Parastatal & Private entities involved in Nuclear &
Missile dev. activities
#5. New boss at India's Atomic Energy Commission
#6. List of documents re India's Atomic energy entities presented in the
Upper house of Indian Parliament in Dec 1999
#7. News Report re India's Energy Summit 2000
#8. Peter Hain British minister in India on the nuclear question etc...
#9. Valuable New Book Coming Soon: 'Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream' (Orient
Longman, India)
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#1.

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
P.O. Box 1114 Tel: 92-51-81-9030-9
Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 92-51-82-4908

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#2.

Pakistan's Nuclear Infrastructure Map & Chart

http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/swallowtail/408/mapchartpak.htm

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#3.

Nuclear Power Plants in India
http://www2.ijs.si/~icjt/plants/cou/IN_des.html

Nuclear Reactor Maps: India International Nuclear Safety Center Database
http://www.insc.anl.gov/maps/india.html

[Official] Nuclear Map of India on the Web
[On the website of India's Department of Atomic Energy]
http://www.dae.gov.in/nucmap.htm

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#4.

INDIAN PARASTATAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES INVOLVED IN NUCLEAR OR MISSILE
ACTIVITIES

AURO Engineering, Pondicherry
Ammonia Plants Collocated with Heavy Water Plants: Baroda, Hazira,
Talcher,Thal-Vaishet in Maharashtra, Tuticorin
Baroda Ammonia Plant, Gujarat Fertilizers
Bharat Dynamics Ltd., Hyderabad, Bhanur
Bharat Earth Movers, Ltd. (BEML), Bangalore
Bharat Electronics, Ltd. (BEL), Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ghaziabad
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL), Trichy (Tiruchirapalli), Hyderabad,
Hardwar, New Delhi, Ranipet
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL), Hyderabad
Ferrodie Private, Ltd. (FPL), Thane
Fertilizer Corporation of India, Talcher Ammonia Plant, Talcher
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing, Ltd., Precision Equipment Division (PED) and
Tool Room Division, Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Hazira Ammonia Plant, Kirshak Bharati Cooperative, Ltd., Hazira
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.(HAL), Aerospace and Engine Divisions, Bangalore
India Rare Earths Ltd. (IREL), Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Minerals Recovery Plant, Chavara
Mineral Separation Plant, Chhatrapur in Orissa
Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM), Chhatrapur in the Gunjan District of Orissa
Rare Earth Development Laboratory (a.k.a. Thorium Plant),Trombay (suburban
city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay))
Rare Materials Plant, Mysore
Thorium Plant, Chhatrapur in Orissa
Zirconium Oxide Plant, Manavalakuruchi
Kirloskar Brothers, Ltd. (KB), Pune
Larsen & Toubro, Hazira Works, Hazira
Machine Tool Aids & Reconditioning (MTAR), Hyderabad
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (MIDHANI), Hyderabad
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
Heavy Water Upgrade Plant, Thal-Vaishet in Maharashtra
Kaiga Atomic Power Project (KAPP), Kaiga (under construction)
Kundankulam Atomic Power Project, Kundankulam (under construction)
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS), Kakrapar
Heavy Water Upgrade Plant
Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), Kalpakkam
Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS), Bullandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS), Rawatbhata
Rajasthan Atomic Power Project, Rawatbhata (under construction)
Tarapur Atomic Power Project, Tarapur (under construction)
Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), Tarapur
Precision Controls, Chennai/Madras
Project and Development India, Ltd.(PDIL), Dhanbad
Rama Krishna Engineering Works (REW), Chennai/Madras
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, Thal-Vaishet
Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation, Tuticorin
Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL), Jaduguda
Bhatin Uranium Mine, and Mill, Bhatin
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)
Uranium Recovery Pilot Plant, Cochin
Jaduguda Uranium Mine and Mill, Jaduguda
Narwapahar Uranium Mine and Mill, Narwapahar
Turamdih Uranium Mine
Uranium Recovery Plants: Cochin, Mosabini (Aka Masabeni), Rakha, Surda (Aka
Surdat)
Walchandnagar Industries, Ltd. (WIL), Nadu Desarai and Mahad

PAKISTANI PARASTATAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES INVOLVED IN NUCLEAR OR MISSILE
ACTIVITIES

Al Technique Corporation of Pakistan, Ltd.
Allied Trading Company
ANZ Importers and Exporters, Islamabad
Engineering and Technical Services, Islamabad
High Technologies, Ltd., Islamabad
Lastech Associates, Islamabad
Machinery Master Enterprises, Islamabad
Maple Engineering Private Limited Consultants, Importers and Exporters
Modern Engineering Services, Ltd., Islamabad
Orient Importers and Exporters, Islamabad
Prime International
Scientific and Technical Technology Ltd., Islamabad
Technical Services, Islamabad
The Tempest Trading Company, Islamabad
Unique Technical Promoters

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#5.

THE HINDU
December 1, 2000

India: Anil Kakodkar, AEC chief

MUMBAI, NOV. 30. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, took over as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and
Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy from Dr. R. Chidambaram who retired
today. Prior to this new assignment, Dr. Kakodkar spent four years with the
BARC and played a key role in the design and construction of the Dhruva
reactor.

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#6.

[Dear friends, please try to to obtain copies of the following documents
that were presented in Rajya Sabha (the Upper house of Indian Parliament)
in Dec 1999. Write to your favourite member of parliament and explore
whether you can get a copies of some of the documents listed below. It
would be very useful to have this documents available for open review by
anti nuclear activists.]

Source:
http://164.100.24.167/lob/188lob-dec23r.htm

RAJYA SABHA

REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS
Thursday, December 23, 1999

11.A.M.

8. SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE to lay on the Table

[...]

II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under
sub-section (1) of section 619 of the Companies
Act, 1956, :=97

(i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Rare Earths Limited,
Mumbai, for the year 1998-99, together with the Auditor's Report on the
Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
thereon.

(b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

(ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Uranium Corporation of India
Limited, Jaduguda, Bihar, for the year 1998-99, together with the
Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India thereon.

(b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

(iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Nuclear Power Corporation of
India Limited, New Delhi, for the year 1998-99, together with the
Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India thereon.

[...]

III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:=97

[...]

(b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

(iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India
(Department of Atomic Energy) and Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Limited for the year 1999-2000.

(v) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India
(Department of Atomic Energy) and Uranium Corporation of India Limited for
the year 1999-2000.

(vi) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India
(Department of Atomic Energy) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited
for the year 1999-2000.

(vii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India
(Department of Atomic Energy) and Indian Rare Earths Limited for the year
1999-2000.

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#7.

BUSINESS LINE
December 1, 2000

India: 'There are options for cheap power'

THERE are many options for low-cost power, such as introducing a more
rational tariff structure, reducing transmission
and distribution losses, maintaining proper frequency and "localising"
generation, three speakers said at a session on
power pricing, at the Energy Summit 2000, organised here by the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Mr S. Gurumurthy of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, said he could not understand
why the Government decided in favour of
multi-fuel power plants, which basically meant allowing plants to run on
imported naphtha.

He said the result of such a policy was projects like Enron's, which
today sells power at around Rs 7 per unit.

The long-term policy should support generation "as locally as possible."

Later, he agreed with the observation of a participant that India should
look at biomass options such as 'powercane' -
sugar cane with more fibre in it than sugar. Mr Gurumurthy also said
that India should look at the nuclear option. If only
about 20,000 MW of nuclear power could be installed, further nuclear
plants could put up using the fast breeder
reactor technology, without fresh enriched uranium.

Mr Pradeep Mallick of Wartsila India said that transmission and
distribution - and the theft that takes place in the process
- was a good area to tackle, in order to reduce the price of power.

Mr M.H. Rao, former Director, Nuclear Power Corporation, wondered why
many generation equipment were run at
low frequencies. According to Mr Rao, the southern hydro units lose 17
per cent of electricity because the equipment
were run at low frequencies. Mr V. Srinivasan, Past President, CII-SR,
said that it was technologically possible to
completely prevent theft of power along the line.

Copyright 2000 Business Line.

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#8.

THE HINDU
December 3, 2000

Never say nuclear

Peter Hain, Britain's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, is a strong
campaigner for non-proliferation and nuclear
disarmament. A Labour Party member since 1977, he grew up in South
Africa where he actively participated in the
anti-apartheid movement.

Hain was recently in India on a visit aimed at discussing problems such
as disarmament and increasing the potential for
bilateral cooperation, particularly in the information technology
sector. He spoke to MUKUND PADMANABHAN on
the nuclear question, human rights and Britain's experiment with
devolution. Excerpts from the interview:

WHAT impression of India will you leave with?

PETERHAIN: Well, this is my second visit to India, the first one being
in November last year. And my impression is that
the

friendship between India and the U.K. is growing stronger by the week.
Also that it is probably stronger now than at any
time in recent memory.

The strength reflects the new reality that India is an increasingly
important power... economically, politically and
strategically. And that the relationship is based on partnership and
equality and not that of an ex-colonial power and its
former colony.

We have a lot in common from pursuing the path of nuclear disarmament to
pursuing an alliance in on information
technology. On the nuclear question, much more attention has been
focussed on CTBT and the FMCT than the issue of
reducing nuclear stockpiles. What has Britain done in the latter
respect?

We have cut our warheads by 50 per cent.

Yes, that is the first thing we have done. They are also not targetted
at anybody now. In addition, we have made our
whole nuclear capability fully transparent. We are fully compliant with
the non-proliferation treaty. We have done it in
order to provide a lead to other nuclear powers and also to other
countries such as India which have nuclear capability.
We have also signed up to the CTBT and not tested for around 10 years
now.

How do you react to the charge that the reductions made by the nuclear
haves is best described as tokenism?

I don't know if there is much more we can do frankly. We now have a
minimum deterrence, which for a nuclear power is
all that can be expected. But in addition, and this is important, we led
the way in New York in April/May at the NPT
conference.

You may remember that everyone expected the NPT to collapse. But we
reached an agreement. For the first time ever,
all countries including the five declared nuclear powers, committed
themselves globally to the elimination of nuclear
weapons. So we are pushing the agenda forward all the time. We have said
we will put our entire nuclear stockpile into
the negotiating process to see if we can achieve concrete treaty
negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons globally. That is
an ambitious, and some may say idealistic, objective. But we are ready
to do it.

We are seeking constantly to negotiate a common position to take things
forward in an increasingly dangerous world. In
some respects, it is more dangerous than the era of the Cold War because
an increasing number of nations have acquired
nuclear weapons. In South Asia, India and Pakistan have nuclear
capabilities and are in conflict with each other - a
serious problem.

Clinton described the region as the most dangerous on earth. Do you
agree?

It could be. Right now of course the most dangerous spot is probably the
Middle-East. But it (Kashmir) could well be.
And this is what disturbs friends of India and Pakistan, such as
Britain. When I say friends, it includes the Government in
the case of India. In the case of Pakistan, it means the people because
we don't have a friendship with the regime there.

Would you agree that the START process has flagged off?

We have to drive it forward. We have made it clear that any means to go
down the road of the National Missile Defence
System (NMD) must be, as an absolute pre-condition, by an agreement with
the Russians. An agreement to amend the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty would be required. We don't want to see
that abrogated unilaterally by the Americans. If this
happened, it would be extremely dangerous and could unleash a world arms
race involving Russia, China and so on.

Britain wants to see the curse of nuclear weapons removed from the face
of the earth. That is our objective.

Then why is your country not more strongly opposed to the NMD, as some
others in Europe are? Britain seems to go a
long way in accommodating American sensitivities on NMD.

Our position is one of influence. We are good friends with the Americans
and good friends of the member states of the
European Union. We have said that it should be discussed with the
Russians and there must be full discussions with
everybody concerned - NATO, the European Union, Britain of course.

There are many ways to skin a cat. What I am suggesting is that
Britain's position is a more sensible one. I don't think that
America will scrap the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty unilaterally,
whoever President Clinton's successor is.

You have been closely associated with the question of human rights. Is
this because of where you were brought up?

Well, I am passionately committed to human rights because I was brought
up during the freedom struggle in South Africa.
I was involved with that for many years.

As a Government, we have put human rights very high on the agenda. We
are doing whatever we can wherever we can.
The issue is addressed during all our visits (abroad) in a way that
other countries don't do it.

A lot of our commercial rivals in Europe for instance don't press the
human rights agenda as much as we do. So some
may say it loses us the odd bit of business. But although we are
committed to increasing business opportunities, in the end,
I don't think you can duck the issue of human rights.

Your Government has devolved powers to different regions of the country.

I am absolutely convinced it is the right way forward. The closer you
can get decisions made to their point of impact, the
better decisions they will be. We live in a world where management is
increasingly decentralised, production systems are
much more flexible and where capital investment is directed at specific
regions.

Some people fear, that devolution will heighten the demand for
independence. Isn't there a risk of this happening in
Scotland? I think that devolution has killed stone dead the independence
demand. Because fundamentally what people
wanted is control of the decisions most close to them. They've got that.

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#9.

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PRISONERS OF THE NUCLEAR DREAM

Edited by

M V Ramana and C Rammanohar Reddy

Contibutors:
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weapons strategy, national Security
- Ejaz Haider (Friday Times, Lahore) and Ye Zhengjia (China Inst. of
International Relations) on Indo-Pakistan and Sino-Indian relations
- Amulya Reddy (International Energy Initiative, Bangalore) , MV Ramana
(Princeton University) and Zia Mian (Princeton University) on issues of
Science and Morality
- Jean Dreze (Delhi School of Economics) and C Rammanohar Reddy ( The
Hindu) on militarisation and the economics of Nuclear weapons
V Krishna Ananth (The Hindu) and Srirupa Roy (University of Massachusetts)
on the politics of Nuclearisation in India.
- Surendra Gadekar ( Anumukti) and Thomas George on the health and
environmental aspects of nuclearisation and more.

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