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India to get more N-reactors from Russia


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Indiadasuperpower
Time and again Russia proves to be our most reliable friend!
by Indiadasuperpower on Dec 08, 2009 03:37 AM

We should be very grateful having this "all weather friends", we should purchase more fighter planes, subs, and rifles from them.We should send more students to learn Russian.
They are the best.

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shiva
Diversify!
by shiva on Dec 05, 2009 09:03 PM

Nuclear plants take about ten years, incur costly forex for machinery & fuel! We are also at the mercy of fuel suppliers forever. Can we not iron out indigenous thorium reactors after all these years so that we become independent.

Energy is the major sector that we are import- dependent. Nobody knows when oil is going to run out! Some say peak-oil is now - meaning oil supplies will decline as old wells produce less & no major discoveries! Deep-sea exploration & Shale oil etc are expensive.

For us hydro & wind energy have limits. Oil is polluting. Coal ditto, though the cheapest. Though expensive, energy from sunlight is the way for us. Yes, it is about Rs 15 per unit about four times cost now. Rather than subsidising oil why not bite the bullet & invest in R & D to tailor-make solar energy to suit our needs? Many experts are convinced solar energy will become grid-parity in few years. The conversion factor is 16% only now ,that can be scaled up. Also silicon costs are coming down.

Though we have a target of 20000mw by 2020, we can boost up this by massive investment! The advantages are great, health costs less by less pollution by oil & coal & import of costly oil avoided. Sunlight can be tapped anywhere so we need not live in cities! Also water can be got from moisture & electricity for that from solar!

Let us take stock & go slow on investment that feeds us now but ensaves long-term! Things are changing much faster than ten years for a nuclear plant!

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pinky
more money
by pinky on Dec 05, 2009 03:44 PM

INDIANS WILL SOURCE REACTORS FROM COUNTRIES/COS WHICH WILL PASS ON MAXIMUM KICKBACKS.REST ALL IS DRAMA

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