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?

1. Japan
2. Russia
3. The United Kingdom
4. 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