Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydro-electricity and renewable sources of electricity.
India's first research nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant were built with assistance from Canada. The 40 MW research reactor agreement was signed in 1956, and CIRUS achieved first critically in 1960. This reactor was supplied to India on the assurance that it would not be used for military purposes, but without effective safeguards against such use. The agreement for India's first nuclear power plant at Rajasthan, RAPP-1 was signed in 1963, followed by RAPP-2, in 1966. These reactors contains rigid safeguards to ensure they would not be used for a military programme.
History: India's first research nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant were built with assistance from Canada. The 40 MW research reactor agreement was signed in 1956, and CIRUS achieved first critically in 1960.
India has been making advances in the field of thorium-based fuels, working to design and develop a prototype for an atomic reactor using thorium and low-enriched uranium, a key part of India's three stage nuclear power programme. the country has also recently re-initiated its involvement in the LENR research activities, in addition to supporting work done in the fusion power area through the ITER initiative.
The United States and Canada terminated their assistance after the detonation of India's nuclear explosion in 1974. India's domestic uranium reserves are small and the country is dependent on uranium imports to fuel its nuclear power industry. Since early 1990s, Russia has a major supplier of nuclear fuel to India.
India has signed bilateral deals on civilian nuclear technology cooperation with several other countries, including France, the United States, the Unites Kingdom, Canada and South Korea. India has also uranium supply agreements with Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Namibia. An Indian private company won a uranium exploration contract in Niger.
South Korea became the latest country to sign a nuclear agreement with India after it got the wavier from the Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) in 2008. On July 2011 India and South Korea signed a nuclear agreement, which will allow South Korea with a legal foundation to participate in India's nuclear expansion programme, and to dis for constructing nuclear power plants in India.
Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, stated while he was in office, that "energy independence in India's first and highest priority. India has go for nuclear power generation in a big way using thorium-based reactors. Thorium, a non-fissile material is available in abundance in our country." India has vast thorium and quite limited uranium reserves.
India's first research nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant were built with assistance from Canada. The 40 MW research reactor agreement was signed in 1956, and CIRUS achieved first critically in 1960. This reactor was supplied to India on the assurance that it would not be used for military purposes, but without effective safeguards against such use. The agreement for India's first nuclear power plant at Rajasthan, RAPP-1 was signed in 1963, followed by RAPP-2, in 1966. These reactors contains rigid safeguards to ensure they would not be used for a military programme.
History: India's first research nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant were built with assistance from Canada. The 40 MW research reactor agreement was signed in 1956, and CIRUS achieved first critically in 1960.
India has been making advances in the field of thorium-based fuels, working to design and develop a prototype for an atomic reactor using thorium and low-enriched uranium, a key part of India's three stage nuclear power programme. the country has also recently re-initiated its involvement in the LENR research activities, in addition to supporting work done in the fusion power area through the ITER initiative.
The United States and Canada terminated their assistance after the detonation of India's nuclear explosion in 1974. India's domestic uranium reserves are small and the country is dependent on uranium imports to fuel its nuclear power industry. Since early 1990s, Russia has a major supplier of nuclear fuel to India.
India has signed bilateral deals on civilian nuclear technology cooperation with several other countries, including France, the United States, the Unites Kingdom, Canada and South Korea. India has also uranium supply agreements with Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Namibia. An Indian private company won a uranium exploration contract in Niger.
South Korea became the latest country to sign a nuclear agreement with India after it got the wavier from the Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) in 2008. On July 2011 India and South Korea signed a nuclear agreement, which will allow South Korea with a legal foundation to participate in India's nuclear expansion programme, and to dis for constructing nuclear power plants in India.
Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, stated while he was in office, that "energy independence in India's first and highest priority. India has go for nuclear power generation in a big way using thorium-based reactors. Thorium, a non-fissile material is available in abundance in our country." India has vast thorium and quite limited uranium reserves.
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