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Nuclear India. A technical Assessment (1981)

Auteur	Mirchandani, Namboodiri
Datum	1981
Classificatie	4.03.0.00/08 (INDIA - ALGEMEEN)
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Nuclear India

This is an objective, up-to-date study of the status and development of Nuclear 
India-the first comprehensive overview of the background, the history and 
development of Nuclear Technology in India, as well as an assessment of Its 
capability in the area today.

In the face of the fast dwindling of traditional sources of energy like coal and 
petroleum, India, as a developing country with growing energy requirements must 
find an alternative economical and abundant fuel source. Attention, not only in our 
country, but the world over, has been focussed on nuclear energy as the only 
immediate alternative. This study assesses the country's rate of progress in the field 
of nuclear technology and surveys the working of the various nuclear programmes 
launched by the Department of Atomic Energy, discussing the history, development, 
future projections and prospects of each. Within the framework of the assessment 
provided by the study, could be analysed how the target capacity of 10,000 MWe 
(laid down by the Planning Commission's Working Group on Energy) could be 
achieved as against the present capacity of 640 MWe.

For the lack of a clear picture of the situation and the association of atomic energy 
with Hiroshima-Nagasaki and recently with controversies about nuclear safety in the 
west, the Indian perspective on atomic energy and its uses have been confused. Any 
debate on the status and future of nuclear technology in India has tended to be more 
emotional than rational. The technology, in our country, as pointed out by Dr. Sethna 
in his introductory essay to the book, is still simplistically viewed "as an expensive 
even vulgar showpiece in an island of hunger, poverty and illiteracy." The study 
provides the first logical discussion of the advantages of developing this energy 
option in India. The authors have not shied away from controversial issues related 
to nuclear safety; prevention of radiation hazards from atomic power plants and 
effective management of waste disposal.

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