Here is more information on the thorium cycle. http://www.cavendishscience.org/bks/nuc/thrupdat.htm
What we are lacking are safety measures for thorium reactor processing.
1) The INDO-US nuclear deal will allow scientists in both countries to interact and progress research on thorium reactors also.
2) Once Thorium reactors become operational we can export technology Thorium to US and Europe and get Foreign Exchange.
3) Till the time that thorium reactor takes off we use Uranium till then.
So either way we have a win-win situation.
People like Medha who only know how to sleep 23 hours a day and pretend to starve will not allow this. I have never seen Medha doing an hours worth of work. (Work-shy anti-nationals) Same goes with other people who authored this silly article. They are a burden on our society.