Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the US, India has notified its Separation Plan to IAEA under which 14 of its 22 Nuclear reactors will be placed under safeguards by 2014. It comes almost 14 months after the 35-member board of governors of the IAEA approved the India-specific nuclear safeguards agreement. Department of Atomic Energy sources said that the notification formalities were completed last night, a crucial step in paving the way for the implementation of international civil nuclear cooperation. Officials from the two sides had last week in Vienna completed the second round of consultations to settle the much-awaited 'Arrangements and Procedures' agreement on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel of American origin. Chief Indian Negotiator and Director, Strategic Planning of the Department of Atomic Energy Ravi B Grover said, third round of talks will be held in November. Clinching this agreement is critical to initiating interactions in the nuclear field at a commercial level, and also for operationalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal.<br/>