India and Russia are likely to sign pact on Kudankulam nuclear power plant during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow from Wednesday. Sources said the government is also planning to make optimum use of the available nuclear sites in various states to accommodate more atomic reactors to meet energy-starved country’s growing needs. Mr Modi is scheduled to pay a two day visit to Russia to hold an annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ahead of the visit, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rosatom, Nikolai Spasskiy visited New Delhi early this month. Rosatom is the Russian counterpart of India’s Department of Atomic Energy, DAE. He is believed to have held discussions with Secretary, DAE regarding the possible inking of a pact of unit 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam plant.
During annual summit held in New Delhi last December, India and Russia had signed strategic vision for strengthening cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy. The vision envisaged road map of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of civil nuclear energy for next two decades.