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India's thorium reactor design relies on plutonium core to start chain reaction, so it is not much better or safer than the conventional uranium or plutonium reactor designs.
Haq's Musings: Can Thorium Energy Save Planet Earth?
India unveils 'world's safest nuclear reactor
August 25, 2005 14:24 IST
India unveiled before the international commuity Thursday its revolutionary design of 'A Thorium Breeder Reactor' that can produce 600 MW of electricity for two years 'with no refuelling and practically no control manoeuvres.' Designed by scientists of the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, the ATBR is claimed to be far more economical and safer than any power reactor in the world. Most significantly for India, ATBR does not require natural or enriched uranium which the country is finding difficult to import. It uses thorium -- which India has in plenty -- and only requires plutonium as 'seed' to ignite the reactor core initially. Eventually, the ATBR can run entirely with thorium and fissile uranium-233 bred inside the reactor (or obtained externally by converting fertile thorium into fissile Uranium-233 by neutron bombardment). BARC scientists V Jagannathan and Usha Pal revealed the ATBR design in their paper presented at the week-long 'international conference on emerging nuclear energy systems' in Brussels. The design has been in the making for over seven years. According to the scientists, the ATBR while annually consuming 880 kg of plutonium for energy production from 'seed' rods, converts 1,100 kg of thorium into fissionable uranium-233. This diffrential gain in fissile formation makes ATBR a kind of thorium breeder. The uniqueness of the ATBR design is that there is almost a perfect 'balance' between fissile depletion and production that allows in-bred U-233 to take part in energy generation thereby extending the core life to two years. This does not happen in the present day power reactors because fissile depletion takes place much faster than production of new fissile ones. BARC scientists say that "the ATBR with plutonium feed can be regarded as plutonium incinerator and it produces the intrinsically proliferation resistant U-233 for sustenance of the future reactor programme." They say that long fuel cycle length of two years with no external absorber management or control manoeuvres "does not exist in any operating reactor." The ATBR annually requires 2.2 tonnes of plutonium as 'seed'. Althouth India has facilities to recover plutonium by reprocessing spent fuel, it requires plutonium for its Fast Breeder Reactor programme as well. Nuclear analysts say that it may be possible for India to obtain plutonium from friendly countries wanting to dismantle their weapons or dispose of their stockpiled plutonium.
Sir,
Please Don't Be Detracted By Them These Trolls Can Only Sit Before Their Computers All Day And Bark Like Dogs.They Are Not Worthy Of The Attention.They Are Nothing But Soar Losers
Thorium is an abundant element found in huge quantities all around the world. The real issue is how to make use of it safely and effectively. As far as I know, the Indians are just copying the old US designs now, not inventing anything new.
Are you talking about losers who cant achieve anything on their own but continues to troll in every thread related to India??
Giving You What You Deserve
First think about what a troll like u deserves.You and ur buddy haq and his 'outdated' musings.
No I Am Talking About The Ones Who Can't Digest Anything Good Coming Out Of Pakistan and Express Their Frustrations On Bharat Rakshak and Rediff.They Do The Same On PDF Forgetting That Their Are Pakistanis Here Who Will Answer Their Trash
These Are Things Bharat Rakshak Offsprings Like You Should Be Thinking About.At Least Those Musings Are Well Referenced and Informative Unlike The Trash Talk Which Is The Habit Of Pathetic Little Trolls Like Yourselves
What do that have to do with this thread?Please help your buddy haq,who have outdated info on Indan Shale gas reservoirs and knows nothing about Indian advancement in Nuclear technology
I'm not in bharatrakshak,i've been in PDF for a long while boy.And Mr HAQ and his trollings have been old news for quite a long time to indian members here.
I Am Not Going To Talk About Nuclear Technology Right Now.
But As For Your Accusations Of Outdated Info Let Me Remind You Dear That US EIA is A Neutral Body And The The Latest Report Released just a Month Ago.According To It The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has estimated shale gas at 586 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) against its 2011 estimates of 52 Tcf for Pakistan. According to latest EIA study, the shale gas/oil reservoirs are much higher in Pakistan relative to what was estimated in the earlier studies/reports. The study estimates a total of 1,170 Tcf of risked shale gas in-place for India/Pakistan, 584 Tcf in India and 586 Tcf in Pakistan.
The risked technically recoverable shale gas resource is estimated at 201 Tcf, with 96 Tcf in India and 105 Tcf in Pakistan. In addition, the study estimates risked shale oil in-place for India/Pakistan of 314 billion barrels, with 87 billion barrels in India and 227 billion barrels in Pakistan. The risked technically recoverable shale oil resource is estimated at 12.9 billion barrels for these two countries, with 3.8 billion barrels for India and 9.1 billion barrels for Pakistan.
Now If You Don't Like The Report Or Somehow Can't Digest The Fact That Pakistan Has A Slight Edge In These Reserves Than Why Go After Mr Haq Instead Of Criticising Your New found Friend USA and It's EIA