New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine what steps the central government had taken for setting up an independent atomic energy regulatory body in pursuance to its being a signatory to the International Convention on Nuclear Safety.
The apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra said this as counsel Prashant Bhushan told the court that the International Convention on Nuclear Safety, which India has ratified, mandates that all the signatories to the convention would set up an independent atomic energy regulatory body.
Bhushan told the court that the International Convention on Nuclear Safety mandates that "each contracting party shall take appropriate steps to ensure an effective separation between the functions of the regulatory body and those of any other body or organisation concerned with the promotion or utilization of nuclear energy".
In India, Bhushan said the "nuclear regulator has been subordinate to and under control of those whose stated purpose is the promotion of the use of nuclear energy"....
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