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Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and the former Chief Economic Advisor, GoI, launched his book India@100: Envisioning tomorrow’s economic power...
For India the rationale for developing FBR is nuclear fuel security. India has limited uranium mineral resources that necessitate importing the fuel which has its uncertainties. But India is rich in thorium deposits. Though thorium cannot be used directly as nuclear fuel, it can be converted into useful fuel along with the spent uranium in a FBR.
In the area of nuclear energy in India, Tamil Nadu can lay claim to several firsts.
Dr Homi Bhabha, the celebrated scientist, selected Kalpakkam for...
