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Nature 436, 446-447 (28 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436446a; Published online 27 July 2005

Nuclear deal riles India's researchers

Declan Butler & K. S. Jayaraman

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Scientists say home-grown programme will suffer as international isolation ends.

India's nuclear-power programme, which has been cut off from foreign technology by international sanctions since the country exploded its first nuclear bomb test in 1974, looks set to come in from the cold. A historic deal reached last week in Washington by US President George W.