ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners have raised concerns Australian uranium could fuel a nuclear accident in India similar to the Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters.
Negotiations are under way in New Delhi to establish nuclear safeguards before Australia begins selling uranium to India.
Last year India's auditor-general warned that lax safety standards could lead to a nuclear disaster.
It is a concern backed up by the Indian-based Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP).
"A major catastrophic accident like Fukushima could happen in any of our 20 reactors," CNDP spokesman Praful Bidwai told ABC television.
Workers in the reactors said they could not be relied upon to raise the alarm on an impending disaster because they were not kept informed by management.
"We can be out there all day in the reactor and we wouldn't know if we've been exposed to danger or not," said Gulab Singh who works in a Rajasthan reactor.
Anti-nuclear activist Imran Khan said workers were bullied into working in the dangerous conditions.
"They know that if they don't do the job they won't have work, so they accept all levels of radiation and keep on working," he said.
However, a former Indian prime ministerial adviser said the country's nuclear safety record was impeccable.
G. Parthasarathy said Australian uranium would not be funnelled off for nuclear weapons.
"Let me assure you that we have enough fissile material," he said.
In December 2011 Labor overturned its longstanding policy of blocking uranium sales to India.
India has not signed up to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
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