Nuclear pwoer plant expanditure numbers are in
by Sameer on Jun 21, 2008 11:10 PM Permalink | Hide replies

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By early 2008, industry estimates were creeping even above Moody’s dismaying range.

In September 2007, Lew Hay, CEO of FPL Group, said the total cost of a new nuclear plant (all

in mixed future dollars as-spent) could be ~$5,000–7,000/kW, or “on the order of magnitude of

$13 to $14 billion” for a two-unit plant. Yet just five months later, FPL31 filed formal cost estimates

up to nearly twice that high—$12–24 billion

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So for 1000MW plant, the expanditure would be 12x 4000 crores--80,000 crores...can India afford it.

This does not take into account security issues, disposal of waste matrial, soaring cost of uranium, dismantling the plant when its life is over.

Do the thinking..and ask, is nuclear power really for India?

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RE:Nuclear pwoer plant expanditure numbers are in
by Dinesh on Jun 21, 2008 11:25 PM Permalink
You just figured out something that all of India's scientific community did not. They were only talking of safeguarding Indias defence interest.

Did you just shout Eureka??

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RE:RE:Nuclear pwoer plant expanditure numbers are in
by Sameer on Jun 21, 2008 11:39 PM Permalink
That is the irony here. India's defence needs are just a cover for a very bad deal. I am all for close ties with USA to solve many problems in the neighbourhood but US wants nuclear deal ( cap India's nuclear independence)

We have different priorities.

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