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This report examines the recent debate over India’s civil nuclear liability bill and the government’s response to the radiation poisoning caused by Cobalt 60 at Mayapuri in New Delhi in order to understand the current attitudes and institutional structures affecting nuclear safety in India. The report also chronicles a few key safety related incidents that have occurred at various Indian nuclear facilities in the recent past. The key question it answers is whether India’s nuclear and radiation policies, institutions and facilities are ready to prevent or respond rapidly to threats ranging from radioactive material in imported scrap to an accident at a nuclear reactor.