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United Nations, Oct 31: India has sought concerted international efforts to prevent terrorists from gaining access to radiological materials and technology.
In his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly, its delegate former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed asked the international community to give high priority to development of global security culture and offered it full support to achieve the goal.
He said global efforts are needed to prevent terrorists from accessing radiological materials.
In accordance with its commitment and record as a responsible state with advanced nuclear technology, he said India is prepared to supplement international efforts for promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
India believes that closed fuel nuclear cycle is essential if nuclear power is to make sustained contribution at a large enough scale necessary to meet global energy needs, Sayeed said yesterday while intervening in the debate on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), nuclear watchdog body of the United Nations.
India believes that reprocessing and recycling of nuclear fuel is essential not only for this purpose but also for the reduction of long term radio toxicity and security implication of disposal of spent fuel as such, he said.
"Thorium offers an excellent matrix for efficient burning of surplus plutonium with a much greater degree of proliferation resistance and very low minor actinide burden," he told the delegates, citing the Indian expertise in the area.
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