USA or any other country has NOT built a new nuclear [plant for 20 plus years.
South Africa is leader in coal gasification technology, WE enough coal to last us a hundred years. Also clean coal burning is 10x plus less expensive per KWH than nuclear power. Then there is the legitimate world concern of spent fuel waste, India will land up becoming the dumping ground of the world. Lets not forget Chernobyl or Bhopal tragedies. Indian life is considered to be cheap by the American companies.
As global player there are hundreds of other technologies and industries where India can make deals with USA and any other country. WHY this unifocus on nuclear deal??
USA has even opposed India's as a permanent UN security member. IT IS HIGH time India was treated as an equal.
The slave and white skin complex of the Nehruites will not let this happen.