NEW DELHI:: With parliamentary processes being set in motion for introduction and subsequent passage of the Nuclear Liability Bill during the ongoing session itself, Union Minister for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan made it clear that the Centre has to go for indigenous exploration of uranium including from Meghalaya to ensure the country's exclusive energy security. While imported uranium will be used in other reactors, locally mined uranium can be used in reactors, which do not come under the ambit of international scrutiny, Chavan said. As per international norms, all countries have to allow inspection from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if it uses uranium imported from other countries, the Union Minister said, while adding that the same principle did not hold ground in case of reactors where local uranium is used. "This is the precise reason why we have begun mining uranium in central and southern India and are trying to get mining started in Meghalaya," Chavan said. The minister, however, made it clear that imported uranium is qualitatively better than those available locally. According to IAEA, coal/peat account for nearly 40 per cent of India's total energy consumption, followed by nearly 27 per cent for combustible renewable and waste. Oil accounts for nearly 24 per cent of the total energy consumption, natural gas six per cent, hydroelectric power almost 2 per cent, nuclear energy nearly 1 per cent, and other renewable less than 0.5 per cent. Although nuclear energy comprises a very small percentage of total energy consumption as of today, it is expected to increase in the lights of international civil nuclear energy cooperation deals. Nearly 40 per cent people in the country do not have access to electricity, a disadvantage that can be easily overcome by introduction and enhanced use of nuclear energy, Chavan said.