if you are in India name one month in the whole of last year when you did not experience a power cut.. And why should Thorium research stop India from obtaining more nuclear reactors for power generation? Research does not have fixed timeline so should indians wait in the dark till Thorium research is completed. Let all the research for alternate energy be explored but this deal could solve our power shortage issue within say 8 - 10 years. By the way nuclear reactors are not permenant solution as they are an inherent risk. So, not only India but the world by and large should try to obtain renewable alternate source of energy
