Waiting for their board meet outcome: DAE on Toshiba's plan to

Amid reports of Toshiba Corp planning to withdraw from its lead role in projects to build nuclear plants in the country, the DAE today said it will wait until the company holds its crucial meeting, scheduled this month, to decide on the outcome.

"Our discussion with them is going on. We don't have any clear answer on this as of now. They have their board meeting this month. May be in next one month, we can get a clear picture," Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Sekhar Basu said, responding to a question in a news conference.

He said there is no official communication from WestingHouse Co on this yet and they learnt about the development from media reports.

WestinghHouse Co is to build six AP-1000 reactors with a capacity of 1208 MW at Kovadda in Andhra Pradesh. Discussion on this between the US company and DAE is on.

There are reports that Toshiba Corp is planning to withdraw from its lead role in projects to build nuclear plants in Britain and India.

This would put future of India's nuclear project in jeopardy. Toshiba became one of the nuclear sector's biggest players with the purchase of Westinghouse in 2006.

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