There r many options to energy sources and no 1 is denying that. But even with the contribution of different energy sources in the most liberal fashion, India will be energy deficit in terms of availability. The only way to meet this deficit is to import energy.It is clear that when you import energy in the form of fossil fuels, you will have to keep importing it for all time to come. On the other hand, if you import that energy in the form of uranium, you can recycle the uranium used in the reactor because it contains a lot of energy value. In fact, you get more and more energy out of the same fuel. So it becomes an extremely valuable additionality to our indigenous programme as we have a significant multiplier of energy production on the basis of our three-stage programme. We have only a limited quantity of uranium and we can set up only 10,000 MWe of PHWRs using this uranium. But when you recycle this uranium and adopt the three-stage strategy, you can go up to 200,000 MWe. Likewise, whatever uranium we import, we can bring in a similar multiplier on that uranium.This is moving towards energy independence.
I do understand some people resist change as they lack foresight. But change is for the good which will be realised after a few yrs.
Re: Energy Independence
by vikas sethi on Aug 21, 2010 08:46 PM Permalink
MMS will be remembered just like his economic reforms for changing the face of India.
India is signing a nuclear treaty and a lot will be done in this area in the coming years. We will be leading in nuclear technology in the world and soon it will be time to introduce nuclear engineering courses in engineering classes. In future, Indian engineers will go to the US and build, create and operate nuclear power plants.
