India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government has drawn up a comprehensive road map to reach a capacity of about 100 GW by 2047. The present nuclear power capacity is planned to be increased to about 22 GW by 2031-32 on progressive completion of projects under implementation. Further, NPCIL has drawn up plans to contribute about 54 GW out of the 100 GW capacity envisioned by 2047.
India has limited uranium and abundant thorium reserves. Thorium unlike uranium, is a fertile material and need to be converted to fissile uranium-233 in a nuclear reactor, before it can be used to generate energy by nuclear fission. Realising this, the Three- Stage Nuclear Power Programme envisaged by the Department remains a ke...