Nuclear power like other alternative power sources have not become popular against conventional power plants for the same reasons. Economical viability is no.1. All seem to be arguing only about the alliance of US with India, etc. Yes that is reqd. but we still need to ask the cost of one unit of nuclear power. That will depend on fuel cost, processing cost, power plant equipment cost, etc. Yes, American companies are more than willing to supply their plants to India, but being an engineer who has worked in plants and been part of negotiating teams for imported equipment, I knw that American equipment are the costliest. American supplies are costliest. I had once tried to work out basic economics of an alternative power plant from American costs. It came out as unviable. Who will pay more than Rs 7-8 per unit of power in India. Second issue with nuclear power is safety. As we have few nuclear power plants run as per best practices, we are safe. But as we will start having more and more nuclear plants we will have higherr chances of disaster. WHY?? Becaause of India temperament. I have worked in Industry. Indians have a very casual attitude. Go to any factory, you will find that even engineers do not wear helments provided to them. riggers would not tie safety belts provided to them neither would they wear gloves provided to them. Indiscipline is high. They even refuse to wear chemical suits working in hazardous environment. In case of spillage, they would rather face the ch
