India generates 132,110 lakh MW of power annually. Of this, 64.7 per cent is generated from thermal power, 26.2 per cent is generated through hydro electric power, 5.9 per cent is from renewable power sources and only 3.1 per cent through nuclear power. Thorium is abundant in the Earth's crust and widespread across the India, United States and around the world.The total known world reserves of Th in RAR category are estimated at about 1.16 million tonnes. About 31% of this (0.36 mt) is known to be available in the beach and inland placers of India. This thorium was formed in a supernova over five billion years ago, and during its formation, it was infused with vast amounts of energy in the structure of its nucleus. For five billion years this material has stored its energy, and only in the last 60 years have we realized how to utilize it. This technique of "expose, isolate, expose" is essentially impossible to do in a typical solid-fueled reactor, because it would require the fuel to be almost continually reprocessed. This is why "fluid-fueled reactors" were examined as thorium burners almost from the outset of the nuclear age. In US is doing a lot of research to use Th in Nuclear Reactor and obviously has some success. My guess is that can be one of the reason US is so interested for a formal nuclear deal with India. It may give India a long term solution for its energy demands. I just wish Commi's can understand this.
RE:Thorium : The future fuel
by Amit Yadav on Jul 10, 2008 10:18 PM Permalink
Thanks for throwing light on Thorium....... Your mention of Thorium remind me of my School lecture by one of our Teacher when I was in Fifth Class (around 9 year old ). Our teacher told us their is lot of Thorium on our Kerla coast and other parts of India. He also mentioned that US need that Thorium. But India refuse to part its Thorium. Now I am going to be Thirty year in this September..........Still we are waiting for magic to happen...Waiting for some scientist to convert that thorium into Nuclear fuel.
The G8 support lot of other things which are not in our favor who cares what they think or say or is this one more trick to stop opposition to the so called great N-deal.
This is weird , any or all debate on the deal is denied, no pros and cons of nuclear power just force it on the public because its with US and signed by some ruling party ??
By saying 'bullsh..' how can u deny the fact that she was born in Italy to Italian parents (her father was in the army of Musolini) and that she did not apply for Indian citizenship for 13 yrs. U cannot compare the case of Sonia with Advani, Mussaraf, MMS etc. They were born in undivided India before independence. It is a historical fact, which u cannot deny by just saying 'bullsh..'. According to u anybody born in Pakistan part in pre independence era is more dangerous, which is rediculous. On that basis not only Advani, yr MMS also becomes more dangerous and on that basis Musharaf becomes more dangerous for Pakistan, as he was born in Delhi. But this type of argument of yours is 'bull....'. Instead of writing 'bull....', u should give proper argument.
India would require 500-600 thousand MW of power by 2030 up from 132,110 at present. Thus nuclear power is the only way forward for India. Energy needs of India are increasing exponentially and only nuclear power is the way forward. Increased price of oil and gas internationally, issues of climate change associated with coal as well as the breakdown of consensus on big dams, India needs Nuclear Energy. India generates 132,110 lakh MW of power annually. Of this, 64.7 per cent is generated from thermal power, 26.2 per cent is generated through hydro electric power, 5.9 per cent is from renewable power sources and only 3.1 per cent through nuclear power.Nuclear power would contribute 10 per cent of the country's energy needs by the year 2022 and 26 per cent of the needs by the year 2052. Share of nuclear power in world wide energy production was one per cent in 1960 and between 1960 to 1986, it rose to 16 per cent of world's energy production. The share has remained constant since then.There are 439 nuclear power reactors operating around the world and the US accounts for 104 of these reactors followed by France at 59, Japan at 55, Russian Federation 31 and Republic of Korea 20. Out of the 35 new nuclear power plants under construction in the world, Asia accounts for 24 of these. While China is building six new nuclear power plants to get 5,222 MW power for its grid, India too is building six such plants which would add 2910 MW of to its grid.
