For a THORIUM REACTOR> India has a so-called "three-stage nuclear program". In the first stage, plutonium is created in its pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and extracted by reprocessing. In the second stage, fast breeder reactors (FBRs) use this plutonium in 70-percent MOX-fuel to breed uranium-233 in a thorium blanket around the core. In the final stage, the FBR's use thorium-232 and produce uranium-233 for other reactors.
The first stage has been realized with India's 10 nuclear power plants. The second stage is only realized by a small experimental fast breeder reactor (13 MW), at Kalpakkam. This reactor has a history with a lot of problems (as has been the case with the 10 nuclear reactors). This reactor is on top of a list of DANGEROUS reactors in the country, according to a safety assessment of India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. The reactor has a lack of safety measures and cooling systems.
We could have another Chernobyl is SOUTH INDIA and we DO NOT WANT THAT.
Which is why we need to go for the deal TO UPGRADE OUR SAFETY MEASURES AND MAKE IT ON PAR WITH WORLD STANDARDS which is the same as standards they have in the USA.
This deal gives us the freedom to walk out of it with one years notice. In fact once we perfect the art of thorium processing the USA will themselves come to us and we can export the technology to USA to $$$ Also once this is done, we will export thorium to USA.
