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India To Supply Nuclear Reactors To Sri Lanka

Hey @Gibbs What's your view on this?

How is the power situation in your country? Do you guys suffer from acute power cuts in smaller towns?

Nope Sri Lanka is the only country in the region with no power cuts, No load shedding and electrification covers almost 98% of it's households

But it comes with a huge price tag both to the govt and then to the consumer.. Because it also has some of the highest rates in the region

Good development .
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@Gibbs your view on this ?

The country has large deposits of Thorium and some Uranium as well.. That is why they are seeking the technological knowhow Thorium reactors in particular

I hope Lankans do every kind of environmental studies before going for nuclear based power plants. SriLanka is a small island nation, with beautiful, green environment. Dont know, how much they have potential for hydel power generation?
Also LNG is getting dead cheap, which they can import to generate power. God forbid, what mayhem could be caused in case a 2005 Tsunami like incident in future?

If i'm not mistaken hydro power is the main power generation method in the country just that it's unreliable during drought and especially with acute climate change, weather patterns have changed dramatically, It's especially devastating to a small island nation like Sri Lanka
 
Nope Sri Lanka is the only country in the region with no power cuts, No load shedding and electrification covers almost 98% of it's households

But it comes with a huge price tag both to the govt and then to the consumer.. Because it also has some of the highest rates in the region



The country has large deposits of Thorium and some Uranium as well.. That is why they are seeking the technological knowhow Thorium reactors in particular



If i'm not mistaken hydro power is the main power generation method in the country just that it's unreliable during drought and especially with acute climate change, weather patterns have changed dramatically, It's especially devastating to a small island nation like Sri Lanka

Since you are rich in thorium, rest assured, you'll be self reliant in power very soon.

We are working in Thoroum based FBRs. The prototype is already successful. One the production is decided, your power issues will be solved for the future.
 
Things will look a lot better after India becomes a permanent member of NSG.

Nope Sri Lanka is the only country in the region with no power cuts, No load shedding and electrification covers almost 98% of it's households

But it comes with a huge price tag both to the govt and then to the consumer.. Because it also has some of the highest rates in the region

Chinese plants have let you down heavily in the past...

Sri Lanka extends daily power cut as Chinese plant fails again| Reuters

The country has large deposits of Thorium and some Uranium as well.. That is why they are seeking the technological knowhow Thorium reactors in particular

Then that means you can potentially get some of the best Thorium-based reactors in the future if you
keep up the nuclear relation with India.
 
If we are giving SL thorium based Nuclear tech....do we need to worry in the future of a gov't coming into power who actively helps China get closer look of the tech?
 
Nuclear power plants still have more environmental hazards then any other option. A small island nation, whose major industry is tourism.. should carefully weigh all pros and cons before going for this decision. That all was my say..
I did not ask for Indian nuclear technology safe record or else.. but as Indian members have bring in the discussion to that, let me present just 3 links:

Fukushima Accident
India Together: Nuclear safety: A poor record: What ails nuclear safety in India? - 30 March 2007
Accidents at nuclear power plants | Greenpeace India

I assume that Japanese Civil nuclear technology is decades ahead of Indian's..

@The enlightened LoL at your comment, where did i said that they should go for Hydel power? I just ask that i dont know how much hydel potential they have. Hydel is still the cleanest, cheapest and renewable source of power generation available.

@Gibbs Thanks for your detail reply bro. Thorium based power plants are still in R & D phase. It is still not cost effective for commercial power generation. Yes, in future it will be a revolution in civil nuclear technology. Why dont Sri Lanka go for LNG based power generation?
 
If we are giving SL thorium based Nuclear tech....do we need to worry in the future of a gov't coming into power who actively helps China get closer look of the tech?
Nuclear cooperation is not an open for all thing. If India is providing technology that means Indian will be deeply involved in the project. Nuke tech safety is very very critical these days so that it does not reach a rogue nation or a terrorist outfit. So there is no concern from this point of view.
By this deal India has denied other nations the access to Lankan thorium reserves and nuclear cooperation. It will also help SL in her energy requirement. Despite being geographically small, having lesser population and higher per capita income, the per capita electricity consumption is very less in SL as compared to India because they have limited production opportunity. India has laid sub marine electricity cables and can import and export electricity to SL.
 
Typical Pakistani butt-hurt

I assume that Japanese Civil nuclear technology is decades ahead of Indian's..

You moron,who told you this ?
Japan is nowhere near India in advanced technologies like fast breeder reactors and the like.We are developing our own PHWRs,PWRs &FBRs without outside help since 'smiling buddha'.

Fukushima Accident

Do you even know what happened in Fukushima ? Go troll elsewhere.

. Thorium based power plants are still in R & D phase.

Do you know that we already have a Thorium fueled 300 MWe AHWR designed ?
 
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Nuclear power plants still have more environmental hazards then any other option. A small island nation, whose major industry is tourism.. should carefully weigh all pros and cons before going for this decision. That all was my say..
I did not ask for Indian nuclear technology safe record or else.. but as Indian members have bring in the discussion to that, let me present just 3 links:

Fukushima Accident
India Together: Nuclear safety: A poor record: What ails nuclear safety in India? - 30 March 2007
Accidents at nuclear power plants | Greenpeace India

I assume that Japanese Civil nuclear technology is decades ahead of Indian's..

@The enlightened LoL at your comment, where did i said that they should go for Hydel power? I just ask that i dont know how much hydel potential they have. Hydel is still the cleanest, cheapest and renewable source of power generation available.

@Gibbs Thanks for your detail reply bro. Thorium based power plants are still in R & D phase. It is still not cost effective for commercial power generation. Yes, in future it will be a revolution in civil nuclear technology. Why dont Sri Lanka go for LNG based power generation?

Hey genius - The nuclear reactors involved in the Fukushima - Daiichi Nuclear Accident weren't Japanese at all - They were 40 years old US's General Electric's supplied Mark I Nuclear Reactors. :coffee:

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
@Gibbs Thanks for your detail reply bro. Thorium based power plants are still in R & D phase. It is still not cost effective for commercial power generation. Yes, in future it will be a revolution in civil nuclear technology. Why dont Sri Lanka go for LNG based power generation?

I'm not an expert in the field mate.. But i think they are exploring that as well.. I think they found significant deposits of off shore natural gas in around the Mannar basin... Might take a few years to make it commercially viable
 
That all was my say..
I did not ask for Indian nuclear technology safe record or else.. but as Indian members have bring in the discussion to that, let me present just 3 links:

The only accident to an Indian nuclear plant was due to a turbine hall fire in 1993 at Narora, which resulted in a 17-hour total station blackout. There was no core damage or radiological impact and it was rated 3 on the INES scale – a 'serious incident'.

Nuclear Power in India | Indian Nuclear Energy

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) was introduced in 1990[1] by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable prompt communication of safety-significant information in case of nuclear accidents.

The scale is intended to be logarithmic, similar to the moment magnitude scale that is used to describe the comparative magnitude of earthquakes. Each increasing level represents an accident approximately ten times more severe than the previous level. Compared to earthquakes, where the event intensity can be quantitatively evaluated, the level of severity of a man-made disaster, such as a nuclear accident, is more subject to interpretation. Because of the difficulty of interpreting, the INES level of an incident is assigned well after the incident occurs. Therefore, the scale has a very limited ability to assist in disaster-aid deployment.

Level 7: Major accident

Impact on people and environment : Major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures
There have been two such events to date:
  • Chernobyl disaster, Soviet Union,26 April 1986. A power surge during a test procedure resulted in a criticality accident, leading to a powerful steam explosion and fire that released a significant fraction of core material into the environment, resulting in a death toll of 56 as well as estimated 4,000 additional cancer fatalities (official WHO estimate) among people exposed to elevated doses of radiation. As a result, the city of Chernobyl (pop. 14,000) was largely abandoned, the larger city of Pripyat (pop. 49,400) was completely abandoned, and a permanent 30 kilometres (19 mi) exclusion zone around the reactor was established.
  • Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster,Japan a series of events beginning on 11 March 2011. A month later the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency rated it level 7.[2][3]Major damage to the backup power and containment systems caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami resulted in overheating and leaking from some of the Fukushima I nuclear plant's reactors. Each reactor accident was rated separately; out of the six reactors, three were rated level 5, one was rated at a level 3, and the situation as a whole was rated level 7.[4] A temporary exclusion zone of 20 kilometres (12 mi) was established around the plant as well as a 30 kilometres (19 mi) voluntary evacuation zone;[5] In addition, the evacuation of Tokyo – Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolitan area, 225 kilometres (140 mi) away – was at one point considered.[6] See also
Level 6: Serious accident
Impact on people and environment
Significant release of radioactive material likely to require implementation of planned countermeasures.
There has been only one such event to date:
  • Kyshtym disaster at Mayak Chemical Combine (MCC.) Soviet Union, 29 September 1957. A failed cooling system at a military nuclear waste reprocessing facility caused a steam explosion with a force equivalent to 70-100 tons of TNT. About 70 to 80 metric tons of highly radioactive material were carried into the surrounding environment. Impact on local population is not fully known, but at least 22 villages were affected with deadly doses.[7]
Level 5: Accident with wider consequences[edit]
Impact on people and environment
Limited release of radioactive material likely to require implementation of some planned countermeasures.
Several deaths from radiation.
Impact on radiological barriers and control
Severe damage to reactor core.
Release of large quantities of radioactive material within an installation with a high probability of significant public exposure. This could arise from a major criticality accident or fire.
Examples:[7]
Level 4: Accident with local consequences[edit]
Impact on people and environment
Minor release of radioactive material unlikely to result in implementation of planned countermeasures other than local food controls.
At least one death from radiation.
Impact on radiological barriers and control
Fuel melt or damage to fuel resulting in more than 0.1% release of core inventory.
Release of significant quantities of radioactive material within an installation with a high probability of significant public exposure.
Examples:[7]
Level 3: Serious incident[edit]
Impact on people and environment
Exposure in excess of ten times the statutory annual limit for workers.
Non-lethal deterministic health effect (e.g., burns) from radiation.
Impact on radiological barriers and control
Exposure rates of more than 1 Sv/h in an operating area.
Severe contamination in an area not expected by design, with a low probability of significant public exposure.
Impact on defence in depth
Near accident at a nuclear power plant with no safety provisions remaining.
Lost or stolen highly radioactive sealed source.
Misdelivered highly radioactive sealed source without adequate procedures in place to handle it.
Examples:
Nothing more to say.
 
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Pacts Against TN Resolution: Vaiko -The New Indian Express

CHENNAI:Coming down heavily on the agreements signed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, MDMK leader Vaiko on Tuesday said that this was against the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution demanding an economic embargo on Sri Lanka.
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The Modi government had trodden over the TN resolution, which is the democratic centre of seven-and-a-half crore Tamils. The signing of the agreements was an autocratic act which did not respect the Tamil Nadu people and their sentiments, he said. The Modi government was planning to deny justice to the Lankan Tamils, Vaiko charged and expressed shock at the announcement delaying the tabling of the UNHRC inquiry report into the genocide of the island Tamils in 2009. If the council was really concerned about human rights, the members of the committee probing the genocide should visit the affected Tamil areas and accept their witnesses, he added.


Vaiko further said that the Tamil Nadu Assembly should pass a resolution demanding that the UN investigation team visit the affected areas in the island and conduct their probe. It should also condemn the agreements between Modi and Sirisena, he said.

Tamil Maanila Congress leader GK Vasan, reacting to the agreements signed by Modi and Sirisena, said the Modi government should give priority to the issues affecting the Tamil people. The Modi government should focus on the probe into the human rights violations against Tamil people and equal rights to Tamil people in the island.

Tamizhar Desiya Munnani leader P Nedumaran too flayed the agreements and said there had been no change in the ground situation in Sri Lanka even after Sirisena was elected as President.

The government there could have at least pulled back the army from residential areas, schools and temples.

Fishing and agriculture are the two major livelihood options for Tamils there. But the army has taken over fertile lands at many places and banned Tamil fishermen from venturing into the sea, he said.

Note: It is the poachers from Tamil Nadu that is depriving Lankan Tamil fishermen of thier livelihood.. What the f@ck is this moron bellowing about ??
 
Pacts Against TN Resolution: Vaiko -The New Indian Express

CHENNAI:Coming down heavily on the agreements signed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, MDMK leader Vaiko on Tuesday said that this was against the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution demanding an economic embargo on Sri Lanka.
vaiko.jpg

The Modi government had trodden over the TN resolution, which is the democratic centre of seven-and-a-half crore Tamils. The signing of the agreements was an autocratic act which did not respect the Tamil Nadu people and their sentiments, he said. The Modi government was planning to deny justice to the Lankan Tamils, Vaiko charged and expressed shock at the announcement delaying the tabling of the UNHRC inquiry report into the genocide of the island Tamils in 2009. If the council was really concerned about human rights, the members of the committee probing the genocide should visit the affected Tamil areas and accept their witnesses, he added.


Vaiko further said that the Tamil Nadu Assembly should pass a resolution demanding that the UN investigation team visit the affected areas in the island and conduct their probe. It should also condemn the agreements between Modi and Sirisena, he said.

Tamil Maanila Congress leader GK Vasan, reacting to the agreements signed by Modi and Sirisena, said the Modi government should give priority to the issues affecting the Tamil people. The Modi government should focus on the probe into the human rights violations against Tamil people and equal rights to Tamil people in the island.

Tamizhar Desiya Munnani leader P Nedumaran too flayed the agreements and said there had been no change in the ground situation in Sri Lanka even after Sirisena was elected as President.

The government there could have at least pulled back the army from residential areas, schools and temples.

Fishing and agriculture are the two major livelihood options for Tamils there. But the army has taken over fertile lands at many places and banned Tamil fishermen from venturing into the sea, he said.

Note: It is the poachers from Tamil Nadu that is depriving Lankan Tamil fishermen of thier livelihood.. What the f@ck is this moron bellowing about ??
He is our Mahinda Rajpaksha except that he has never been at helm.
 
He is our Mahinda Rajpaksha except that he has never been at helm.

Not even comparable.. Mahinda Rajapksa is a patriotic leader with a massive support base that actually started off as a great leader, A leader that did his best for the country and it's people.. He later lost his way to power and corruption in domestic politics, Thats a different story.. But make no mistake, People of Sri Lanka is forever grateful to him for ending their suffering and restoring the most important human right.. The right to live
 
Not even comparable.. Mahinda Rajapksa is a patriotic leader with a massive support base that actually started off as a great leader, A leader that did his best for the country and it's people.. He later lost his way to power and corruption in domestic politics, Thats a different story.. But make no mistake, People of Sri Lanka is forever grateful to him for ending their suffering and restoring the most important human right.. The right to live



That's the point and that's why Vaiko is comparable. The difference is Vaiko continues to be a great leader.
 
That's the point and that's why Vaiko is comparable. The difference is Vaiko continues to be a great leader.

Yeah thats why TN jokers like him got his arse whooped at the local elections.. Half the time he is in jail for sedition charges against India

Just as insignificant as you.. So piss off and stop quoting me
 

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