1.   But most of the countries that have bought CANDU reactors do not have independent nuclear regulators.

2.   Certainly the companies buying reactors voice similar philosophies.

3.   Companies that buy reactors may do a better job than the original owners, he said.

4.   Plans included buying reactors from Russia and building several fast-breeder reactors which use plutonium as fuel and produce more plutonium than it consumes.

5.   India may be close to buying Russian reactors.

6.   India has other nuclear power reactors bought earlier from Canada, the United States and Russia that are being monitored by the IAEA.

7.   South Korea has said it will help with funding only if its own reactors are bought by Pyongyang.