Vienna: Atomic Energy Department Secretary Sekhar Basu said on Wednesday that the plan set by India to build a total of 21 nuclear reactors by the year-end of 2030 by utilizing a different kind of technologies is on track.
The Secretary of Atomic Energy Department was speaking on the sidelines of 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted by Austria, an official release said.
“During the last general conference, we talked about our plans to build the 21 reactors by 2030… implementation of this programme is well on track with foreign partners bringing in different technologies.”
“We have placed two Russian designed pressurized light water reactors and two pressurized heavy reactors being built with Indian technology under the IAEA safeguards. Thus, in all, 26 Indian nuclear facilities are placed under IAEA safeguards,” he added.
India and France signed a pact in March this year to establish a total of six nuclear power reactors by using European pressurized reactor (EPR) technology to further India’s international cooperation in the field, particularly.
More than 150 persons from the continents of Africa and Asia have been trained so far in specialties like cancer care and two radionuclide generators were developed in this regard to fighting cancer disease.
With the demand in power due to the population’s explosion in our country along with costly fuel prices, the government is considering to derive power from these nuclear reactors, which could provide very cheap electricity at a fraction of the current electricity generating costs.
Apart from that, there is a huge demand for those technologies which have proven record to cure many diseases through treatment.
The Government is working to create energy resources in the country by using nuclear reactors. There have been development initiatives in this regard by the central government.
The Department of Atomic Energy comes under the Prime Minister of India having headquarters in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Department has been busy in the development work of nuclear technology, applications of radiation technologies in different fields of agriculture, medicine, basic research, and industry.
The Department has got a total of five research centers, five public sector undertakings, three industrial organizations, and three service organizations. A total of eight institutes come under the support of the eight institutes of international reputation. These institutes are engaged in research related work in basic sciences, astronomy, cancer research, education and astrophysics.
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