NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY OF INDIA

NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY OF INDIA

(NUCLEAR INSURANCE,MORTGAGE)

INDIA"S NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY IS DESIGNED IN THREE STAGES

1ST STAGE : USING U235 AS FUEL IN PRESSURISED HEAVY WATER REACTOR .  RELEASING  ENERGY AND PLUTONIUM 239 AS THE BY PRODUCT . THIS STAGE IS ALREADY IN COMMERCIAL DOMAIN.

2ND STAGE : IN THIS STAGE PLUTONIUM 239 IS USED AS  FUEL. WITH THROIUMCARBIDE MIX IN A FAST BREEDER REACTOR CONVERTING THORIUM INTO URANIUM 233WHICH FISSIONABLE .THIS STAGE IS IN DEVLOPMENTAL  STAGE .

3RD STAGE : IN THIS STAGE URANIUM 233 WILL BE USED AS FUEL.

IGCAR KALPAKKAM PREPARED THE BLUE PRINT OF 2ND STAGE IN 2005 BUT IT WILL TAKE FEW MORE YEARS TO COME IN THE COMMERCIAL DOMAIN.
ONCE INDIA ALL TREE STAGES ARE COMPLETED i.e THORIUM IS CONVERTED IN U 233 INDIA" DEPENDENCE ON OTHER COUNTRIES FOR NUCLEAR WILL GET OVER . HOPE WE SEE SELF DEPENDENT INDIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE...

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