The Australia-India nuclear deal - a qualitative risk analysis perspective

[Extract] Australia signed a civilian nuclear deal with India on 6 September 2014, paving the way for the export of uranium to energy-starved India within the next few years. It is still unclear as to how much uranium India will get, but India currently has 20 civilian nuclear power plants ranging from 160 megawatts to 540 megawatts in production capacity. At least 30 new reactors, between 700 megawatts and 1650 megawatts, are in the pipeline.