Washington, Oct 7, SPA -- President George W. Bush will sign legislation allowing nuclear trade with India on Wednesday, a week after the agreement was ratified by Congress, the White House said late Monday. The deal will provide India access to U.S. nuclear fuel, reactors, and technology, ending a three-decade ban on such trade instituted in 1974 when India first tested nuclear weapons and withdrew from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Before the agreement can take effect, Bush will need to certify that the deal is consistent with the NPT as well as that it is U.S. policy to work with others to restrict the further transfer of technology for uranium enrichment and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in New Delhi last week in hopes of signing the agreement, but she was not able to because certain procedures had not been finished by Washington. The U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal could open up about $27 billion in investment in 18 to 20 nuclear facilities in India over the next 15 years, according to Indian industry groups.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/595808