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RE:Thorium reserves
by mohd aslam on Aug 21, 2007 10:31 AM

I would like to make few corrections in the line.The current power reactors operating in India those include PWR& PHWR are based on Canadian and Russian technology which is now outdated and only india has these operating reactors.Even the research reactor CIRUS in Trombay was made by Canada.Indian have done reverse engineering to upgrade those design and constructed a few new reactors.In 50 years time indian intellectual have mastered the PHWR reverse engineering with the help of others not themselves.Indian nuclear establishment has severe problems which are not known to outer world.There are persons in service who comes from third grades colleges.No one from indian top institutions like IITs or other reputed colleges join DAE becuase of the better oppotunities available for them outside.Hence it will be unfaire to expact from our intellectual to develope thorium based technology in near future without the help of some advanced countries which are having with them technological know how of thorium fuel cycle.India has its program from very begining to develop thorium technology and work is going on this since last 40 years.The IGCAR Kalpakkam centre is dedicated to this cause only.But the outcome of this is frastrating and we are still working on developing the prototype of the technology.The much of the nuclear work was done by the great BHABHA and his companions upto early 70's.Dr.manmohan singh is a educated person and understand the logic behind the scne hence i would sa

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