India's nuclear facility separation plan ready

Under the plan, New Delhi has finalised the list of nuclear plants to be identified as civilian and subject to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), The Times of India newspaper reported.

The deal, signed in July by US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, would give India crucial access to civilian atomic technology if it separated its nuclear facilities.

India has been long denied advanced civilian nuclear technology since it tested atomic weapons and refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).

"The list of civilian nuclear facilities that India will place under IAEA safeguards will be long enough to satisfy the Bush administration," the report said quoting unnamed Indian officials.

Under the deal, the US Congress has to amend anti-proliferation laws to allow India to buy advanced nuclear technology once the facilities are separated.