1. Japan's nuclear crisis deepened as attempts by Japanese authorities to cool down overheated reactors with water cannon failed.
2. The carefully worded joint statement called for assurances on safety and security of nuclear materials, but several nations said they were enthusiastic about building new reactors.
3. But Washington's desire to see a large chunk of India's 22 nuclear reactors placed under international safeguards has rankled India's nuclear establishment.
4. The deal allows the United States to ship nuclear fuel and technology to India, which in exchange would open its civilian nuclear reactors to international inspectors.
5. The reactors will form the second phase of the country's first commercial nuclear power facility at the Qinshan complex.
6. There are now 11 nuclear power reactors in commercial operation on the mainland, according to the World Nuclear Association.
7. Officials said there was no change to its policy of expanding nuclear energy use, and 11 new reactors are under construction or being planned.
8. Statistics from the World Nuclear Association indicate there are 443 nuclear reactors operating worldwide, with another 62 under construction and hundreds more on order or being proposed.
9. Conversion is the step before enrichment, which can purify uranium to the levels needed to fuel nuclear reactors or bombs.
10. In a bid to stop the reactors at the nuclear plant from melting down, engineers have been injecting seawater as a coolant of last resort.