The Indian nuclear programme was not , initially, indigenous as claimed by #Indian authors. Outside powers have played important role in the development of India's nuclear #weapons programme.
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Foreign Assistance in Indian Nuclear Program:
Canada
Fracne
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Russia
Israel
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Canada

Fracne

Germany

United Kingdom

United States

Russia

Israel

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Canada
supplied:
- a 40 MW nuclear research reactor (1960)
- two 200 MW Power Reactors (1960)
- a ton of uranium oxide
- fuel for India's first two heavy water power reactors.
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- a 40 MW nuclear research reactor (1960)
- two 200 MW Power Reactors (1960)
- a ton of uranium oxide
- fuel for India's first two heavy water power reactors.
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France
helped Indian engineers in the fabrication of the un-safeguarded fast breeder test reactor at Kalpakkam.
supplied low enriched uranium fuel for Tarapur Atomic Power Station from 1983-1993.
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Germany supplied:
- un-safeguarded heavy water plants (Nangal, Himachal Pradesh and Talsher, Orissa).
- natural lithium, useful in making tritium to boost nuclear bombs
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- un-safeguarded heavy water plants (Nangal, Himachal Pradesh and Talsher, Orissa).
- natural lithium, useful in making tritium to boost nuclear bombs
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- tele-perm process control system to the heavy water plant at Hazira, Gujrat.
- over 200 tonnes of heavy water
- zircaloy pipes, used as reactor fuel.
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Russia:
Provided two 100 MW Russian Nuclear Reactors for Kudam Kalam Power project in Tamil Nadu in 1998.
Secretly sold about 100 tonnes of heavy water to
for it's un-safeguarded reactors.
Loaned two nuclear powered Submarine got training purpose.
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Provided two 100 MW Russian Nuclear Reactors for Kudam Kalam Power project in Tamil Nadu in 1998.
Secretly sold about 100 tonnes of heavy water to

Loaned two nuclear powered Submarine got training purpose.
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UK:
- Supplied turbine generator designs
- Repaired damaged equipment of some heavy water plants
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- Supplied turbine generator designs
- Repaired damaged equipment of some heavy water plants
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United States:
- Helped
in the construction of Tarapur Atomic Power Stations
- Supplied low enriched uranium fuels
- supplied heavy water for the CIRUS reactor yhaade plutonium for India's first nuclear bomb
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- Helped

- Supplied low enriched uranium fuels
- supplied heavy water for the CIRUS reactor yhaade plutonium for India's first nuclear bomb
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