In Buisness Line of 6.7.08, excerpts from a lecture by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman are reported at page 3.
Dr. Kakodkar writes and I quote ".. the country would have an energy deficit of 412 GWe in the next 42 years at the per capita consumption rate of 5000kwh a year. This cannot be met even after using all available domestic energy resources. Of all the non-coal based energy options, nuclear energy was the best bet but the country's ongoing nuclear programme badly needed to import uranium or reactors, which is possible only if the country signs the international cooperation agreement."
"History will not forgive us" if this is not done now, AEC Chief said.
Referring to 'Energy Gap' AEC Chief says "If India is unable to import nuclear reactors or nuclear fuel under international cooperation it must import coal to the tune of 1.6 billion tonnes in 2050 alone, unless solar capacity grows at even large levels". Subjecting a large country to the vegaries of such large coal imports on a regular basis would have shocking economic effects, AEC Chief said.
He says energy gap in 2050 can be bridged by importing 40-GWe capacity LWRs by 2012-20. The spent fule from these LWRs would be used for FBRs that will wipe out energy deficit by 2050.
A delay of a decade in importing these would create an energy deficit of 178GWe by 2050 and the coal import need would go up to .7 billion tonnes - twice the annual coal needed today, he says.
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by shailendra lande on Jul 06, 2008 03:22 PM Permalink
are you a nuclear energy expert ? ....when nuclear scientists and entire scientist community is saying that this deal is in our national interest. Then why party like BJP is opposing...they initiated the nuclear treaty when Jaswant Singh was foreign minister..they (USA) have been offerred much less... what they are offering now....why they are hiding their incapabilities....
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by All Right on Jul 06, 2008 03:42 PM Permalink
Bush seems to be an idiot... having signed a deal for much less with BJP, I dunno why he is now again signing it with Manmohan?
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by SHIMOGA SATISH on Jul 06, 2008 03:37 PM Permalink
Dear Nr Shailendra Lande
This statement of BJP spokesperson Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad will answer your question of "Then why party like is opposing.
---------------------------------------------- "The BJP wants a good and friendly relationship with the US. We also want a strategic relationship. However, we shall not compromise on our nuclear deterrent authority. The energy component is a very insignificant component of the deal. It is 2.5 per cent now and will become 5 per cent in the coming 15-20 years with investment. The deal is a question of strategic ties. We believe that Indian atomic autonomy is a bi-product of political leadership and you may recall that post Pokhran II, there were sanctions on us from across the world. They wanted us to sign the CTBT and we refused. We don’t want to compromise on that legacy. The deal, in its current form, compromises our right to test."
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by All Right on Jul 06, 2008 04:12 PM Permalink
What so legitimate about BJP's demand. They object to the deal on the specious argument that it does not permit us to test our nuclear weapons.
The operating word is in the event of nuclear testing. Even here the agreement provides an exception - the right to test if China or Pakistan tests.
No one in the nuclear community believes any more for the need to physically test. They now test through computer simulation using past test data.
This is the reason why Vajpayee government shrewdly went for a series of explosions (5 to be precise) - to generate such a data base.
Having done that Vajpayee gave an assurance to the world through his address to the General Assembly of the UN that India no longer needs to explode any nuclear devise.
So if we are take BJP's present position seriousily, was Vajpayee and BJP in 2000 lying to the world community?
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by Smeer on Jul 06, 2008 04:09 PM Permalink
You wrote such a long essay on atomic energy and wasted your energy. Just go past when our FM has assured about our economy what happened till date its going reverse so its only good for magazines and news not for real life, but I appreciate for your honest efforts.
