Canada’s Cameco and

India’s DAE sign an MOU

underwhich Canada will
supply India with approx
3000 MT of uranium
from 2015-2020

Canada had supplied the

nuclear reactor CIRUS to
India in the mid-1950s
under the ‘Atom for Peace
Programme’ for civilian use
of nuclear energy.

INDIA-CANADA URANIUM DEAL YOUR PARAGRAPH TEXT

Challenges :

The deal could also be challenged

under the NPT. India is not a signatory
to the NPT, so some argue that the deal
could violate the treaty by providing India
with uranium that could be used to
develop nuclear weapons