China has made many advances in nuclear technology. It is one of the alternative fuels to oil. Why should India not take this opportunity and advance in this field ? What is so wrong about dealing with US ? Left makes claims but it is all shrouded in non-substantive allegations. I think N-deal should go ahead. IAEA safeguards is must to protect the public of India from operational hazards. Having said that, we must also make progress in other alternative fuel technology like solar/wind/hydel power which I agree are less hazardous and risky. Why not sign deals for wind power technology with some countries which are using it very well ??
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by Nimesh Dikshit on Jul 13, 2008 03:57 AM Permalink
Because you can't. It will take 15 years before you will see any energy, at that time you will be an old mother - and there would be some other althernative energy like Solar ruling the world. There are more then 100 billion dollars involved in this project. why not ask the people in Auroville, Pondicherry - who run the whole town off of Solar - replicate that throughout the country. it will be cheaper then $100 billion - and guess what its a one time cost - then its free as long as Sun Shines! Or please offer your back yard for N-waste dump. China does not care about that - since it would either dump it in Tibet or Nepal. Where would India dump it? America is too huge and it can spare few cities in the state of Nevada - for such dump. Where would India do it?
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by Reporter on Jul 13, 2008 05:06 AM Permalink
Nuclear waste is DEADLY WASTE, more serious than CO2 and other emissions.
If a disaster occur in a normal power plant, we can do something to make the locality habitable.
But a nuclear disaster can make that area uninhabitable until the radio active nuclear waste is inactive and it can take may be hundreds of years.
Take the exmple of Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. The city is still mostly uninhabited due to radioactivity.
In order to meet the rising demand for energy, invite private companies to build power plants based on conventional fuels and new renewable sources ....
If well designed power plants in the capacity of reliance refinery in jamnagar comes up in south north east and west of India, we can solve the demand, may be in 5 years time . Anybody there to bet ???
If u go for nuclear plants, it is 100000 % sure that private parties will not be involved, investemnt to be made by the govt. Where is the money for it ??? ( They cant even subsidise oil or fertilizers ) So it will be on loan from world bank or IMF ...... how many years for construction and commissioning ??? Safe storage of nuclear waste generated ( high level and low level wastes) and finally disposal of the same safely for hundreds of years
So which option is better ???
If a desalination plant is also set up with power plants, it can meet the water requirements of millions with a little additional cost ....
