Why India cant reuse the spent fuel? can you use spent coal? spent fuel is reprocessed for extraction of plutonium. Indian reactors use natural uranium which have about .7% of useful fuel isotope U-235 rest being U-238. once spent it cannot be reused. What will happen if India goes for Nuclear explosion even owing to logical reasons like china and /or pakistan conducting(will surely conduct high profile tests in near future)threatening tests - note here that these two nations will surely take advantage of IAEA norms that will be imposed on India? we loose nothing as we have ensured that along with reactors life time fuel is guarenteed and supplied in advance as per the agreement. What will be the price of electricity, atleast? will common man be able to pay for it? Will it be cheaper than present vegetable prices for a week's time? cost of electricity will go up any way if we dont invest in nuclear power due to increasing oil/gas prices and reducing coal reserves. costly electricity is better than no electricity.
Which r all the nuclear reactors to be exposed to IAEA vigilance? who will safeguard non-disclosed, entirely menat for defence purpose, reactors? India already has a safe guarding mechanism in place called Atomic energy regulatory board. We dont need IAEA for that. International community needs IAEA safeguarding. Non IAEA reactors will be unders Indian safeuarding.
Also there is a strong concensus that the fuel is to be used for usa supplied Nuclear reac
