N-deal vital for energy needs: Kakodkar
Indo-US N-deal is vital for India's energy requirements as nuclear energy will be an important constituent of the country’s energy basket, AEC chairman Anil Kakodkar said on Monday.
By TNN |
PUNE: The Indo-US nuclear deal is vital for India’s energy requirements as nuclear energy will be an important constituent of the country’s energy basket, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar said on Monday.
“Though India has huge reserves of thorium on which the three stage nuclear programme is based, it’s gestation period is longer,” Mr Kakodkar said while delivering a lecture on Monday. “The urgency of the deal is because of the rapidly growing energy requirement of the country.
If we can get uranium from other countries then we can generate energy from our stage I of the nuclear programme,” he added. Dr Kakodkar said that the deal is in line with the country’s sharply rising energy needs. “To be self sufficient in energy, we have to first set our energy consumption target above statistics. And this target is dependent on the quality of life we aspire to have,” he said.
The scientist said that the deal with US would be good for the world also as it will reduce the strain on global fossil fuel resources and the resultant escalation of prices. — Our Bureau
“Though India has huge reserves of thorium on which the three stage nuclear programme is based, it’s gestation period is longer,” Mr Kakodkar said while delivering a lecture on Monday. “The urgency of the deal is because of the rapidly growing energy requirement of the country.
If we can get uranium from other countries then we can generate energy from our stage I of the nuclear programme,” he added. Dr Kakodkar said that the deal is in line with the country’s sharply rising energy needs. “To be self sufficient in energy, we have to first set our energy consumption target above statistics. And this target is dependent on the quality of life we aspire to have,” he said.
The scientist said that the deal with US would be good for the world also as it will reduce the strain on global fossil fuel resources and the resultant escalation of prices. — Our Bureau
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