India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
India follows a Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle, aligned with its three-stage nuclear power programme in order to optimally utilize India's limited uranium resources and to exploit its large thorium reserves for long term energy security. It involves the recovery and recycling of fissile and fertile material from spent nuclear fuel (SNF), rather than disposing of it as waste. This approach enables enhanced utilization of nuclear material resources, improves energy security, and minimizes high-level radioactive waste volumes. The programme aims to use domestic uranium in the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and use plutonium obtained from the reprocessing of spent...