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A Review of Fast Reactor Programme in India, April 1930

Abstract

Nuclear energy has to play a significant role in the energy resources of India in the next century. To-day's apparently vast reserves of fossil fuels would be under severe strain due to rapidly increasing demand for energy. Long-term perspective planning requires Nuclear Energy to play a significant role from early part of the next century and share a major load. But, India is not endowed with vast reserves of uranium and must therefore aim to utilise more abundant thorium reserves which are estimated to be about 350,000 tonnes. Department of Atomic Energy which is responsible for the development of nuclear energy in India has therefore planned a step-wise approach consisting of: (i) First phase of the programme of natural uranium based thermal reactors to produce power and plutonium which is the basis of the next phase. (ii) Second phase of the programme to produce power and breed more and more plutonium through fast breeder deployment so as to build sufficient inventories of fissile material which can then become the basis of the third stage. (iii) To utilise thorium with the help of fissile material produced by 2nd phase of Breeder Reactors.
Authors:
Paranjpe, S. R. [1] 
  1. Reactor Research Centre Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu (India)
Publication Date:
Oct 15, 1980
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IWGFR-34/2
Resource Relation:
Conference: 13. Annual Meeting of the International Working Group on Fast Reactors, Vienna (Austria), 9-11 Apr 1980; Related Information: In: International Working Group on Fast Reactors Thirteenth Annual Meeting. Summary Report. Part II| 136 p.
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; BREEDER REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FISSILE MATERIALS; INDIA; NATURAL URANIUM; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM; REVIEWS; THERMAL REACTORS; THORIUM; THORIUM RESERVES
OSTI ID:
22278813
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, International Working Group on Fast Reactors, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA14M5931100168
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 40-47
Announcement Date:
Nov 18, 2014

Citation Formats

Paranjpe, S. R. A Review of Fast Reactor Programme in India, April 1930. IAEA: N. p., 1980. Web.
Paranjpe, S. R. A Review of Fast Reactor Programme in India, April 1930. IAEA.
Paranjpe, S. R. 1980. "A Review of Fast Reactor Programme in India, April 1930." IAEA.
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title = {A Review of Fast Reactor Programme in India, April 1930}
author = {Paranjpe, S. R.}
abstractNote = {Nuclear energy has to play a significant role in the energy resources of India in the next century. To-day's apparently vast reserves of fossil fuels would be under severe strain due to rapidly increasing demand for energy. Long-term perspective planning requires Nuclear Energy to play a significant role from early part of the next century and share a major load. But, India is not endowed with vast reserves of uranium and must therefore aim to utilise more abundant thorium reserves which are estimated to be about 350,000 tonnes. Department of Atomic Energy which is responsible for the development of nuclear energy in India has therefore planned a step-wise approach consisting of: (i) First phase of the programme of natural uranium based thermal reactors to produce power and plutonium which is the basis of the next phase. (ii) Second phase of the programme to produce power and breed more and more plutonium through fast breeder deployment so as to build sufficient inventories of fissile material which can then become the basis of the third stage. (iii) To utilise thorium with the help of fissile material produced by 2nd phase of Breeder Reactors.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1980}
month = {Oct}
}