India's ambitious plan of expanding its nuclear power production capacity in the aftermath of the historic nuclear deal with the United States has run into its first hurdle. Responding to a petition by villagers opposed to a nuclear power plant in Maharashtra's Jaitapur, the Bombay High Court has stayed the acquisition of land for the project. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has proposed building two 1,650-MW plants at the site, about 300 km south of Mumbai, and aims to expand the project into a nuclear power park producing 10,000 MW. It is the first new site chosen to build civilian nuclear plants with foreign collaboration after the landmark deal was signed between New Delhi and Washington. NPCIL has contracted France