why nuclear energy for india?

Why nuclear energy for India ?

Nuclear power produces around 11 % of world energy needs, and produces huge amount of energy from small amount of fuel, without the pollution that we used to get from fossil fuel.

As nuclear experts view the expected life of 111+ generation reactor is about 60 years. Hence the huge cost of nuclear projects, long construction period overrun cost  can be recovered due long life of plant.

As you see number of people die in coal mines but during recent Fakushima  Daiichi nuclear crisis in Japan not even  a single person died due to nuclear radiation, then why  anti nuclear protesters in India are canvassing and  agitating against building nuclear projects in India ?

Nuclear technology is proven sophisticated technology and nuclear accidents are very few when compared to coal mines accidents . Coal which is used  as fuel  in conventional thermal  power for producing power ..

Some people praise nuclear technology as low cost, low - emission alternative to fossil fuels , while others stress the negative impact of nuclear waste and accidents such as Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and recent Fakushima  Daiichi nuclear crisis.

Despite all cosmic energy that word  “nuclear “  invokes power plants that depend on atomic energy don’t  operate that differently from typical coal burning power plant. Both heat water into pressurized  steam, which drives  turbine generator , while older plants burn fossil fuel, nuclear power projects depend upon heat that occurs during nuclear fission.

Every one from cosmic book writers to theoretical physicists have characterized the spiting atom as a ultimate act of man playing god, so it is easy to forget that nuclear fission happen naturally every day. Uranium for example constantly under goes a spontaneous fission very slowly. This is why element emits radiation and why it is natural choice for induced fission that nuclear power plants require .

Is nuclear power safe in India ?

For nuclear power project safety and environmental protection are especially important. NPCIL ( nuclear power corporation of India ) which operates nuclear projects in India , meets all compliances laid down by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and other agencies. Comprehensive  and systematic  assessment by multi tier and multi -disciplinary reviews during  each stage - design, construction, commissioning operation of nuclear power plants are carried out.

How nuclear energy cost in India


More importantly making tariff for nuclear power projects competitive compared with coal based thermal power plants is  another challenge. The tariff are influenced  many factors such as capital cost and long construction period. The larger capacity plants should deliver power at low cost as account of economics of scale.

The average tariff of nuclear fuel for  2009-2010 maintained at same RS 2..30 per unit as 2008-2009 despite 15 percent increase fuel cost in India according to NPCIL. With measures such increasing unit size of future reactors and reduction in gestation period, nuclear power would be further competitive.

up gradation of technology and supplies would help in bringing down the capital cost, thereby making tariff more competitive. 

Let us encourage nuclear power for reducing the global warming on this earth and also to develop  alternative energy available at affordable rates for maintaining clean green environment .