NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA

Nuclear Power in India: A
Critical History is an unbiased account of the trials and tribulations faced
by Indian scientists while working on the country’s nuclear power programme,
engrossingly tracing how engineers had to come not just technical snags, but
also political ambitions, before they succeeded in testing two powerful
nuclear bombs in 1974 and 1998. The world did not take kindly to India’s
nuclear ambitions and the technical and monetary assistance it had been
receiving from other nuclear states abruptly ceased. Sanctions were placed on
the country, severely incapacitating its ambitious dream of entering the
coveted by nuclear club. All further work on the country’s nuclear arsenal
and power plants were delayed until the Indo-US nuclear deal. Nuclear Power
in India is a fascinating history of the country’s valiant attempts to make a
niche for itself in world politics.