India-Russia nuclear cooperation action plan — UPSC Prelims PYQ 2019
Recently, India signed a deal known as ‘Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field’ with which of the following countries?
- Japan
- Russia
- The United Kingdom
- The United States of America
Explanation
Option (b) is correct
- The ‘Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field’ deal was signed by India and Russia on the margins of the 19th India-Russia Summit in New Delhi. Under the deal the parties agreed to work on a project to construct six Russian-designed nuclear power reactors on a new site in India. The Action Plan also specifies that the new reactors will be built under the VVER design (water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER is a series of pressurized water reactor), an evolution of Generation III+ with a demonstrated history of successful commercial operation.
Answer: (b) Russia; Difficulty Level: Easy
