Nuclear energy should be an integral part of the energy mix that India can bank on to bridge the huge gap between the current and targeted per capita electricity consumption, according to nuclear scientists and energy experts attending a seminar on nuclear power held at the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT-C) here on Friday.
Speaking at the National Science Day seminar, A K Balasubramanian, chief engineer, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said, "Nuclear power will have to be an integral part of our energy options as we have to increase the installed power generation capacity manifold to bring up the per capita consumption near world average."
K V Gopidas, additional chief engineer, Kudankulam nuclear power plant, said that the plant incorporates robust design features with multiple levels of safety systems in place to withstand external events such as earthquakes and tsunami. "Kudankulam plant is an advanced, Generation III+ plant with most modern safety features which provide high degree of assurance to prevent Fukushima type accidents," he said.
Social activist and writer C R Neelakantan, presenting his arguments against the establishment of nuclear power plants, said that India had failed to develop any indigenous technology for establishing nuclear plants after more than three decades of nuclear research.
"There is no feasible technology for disposing nuclear waste which will stay active for millions of years," he said. The installed power generation capacity has to be increased manifold to bring up the per capita consumption near world average, say experts
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