Nuclear
Power Programme
To use
uranium and vast thorium resources of the country , a three stage atomic power
programme was envisaged in 1940s. The ongoing first stage of the programme uses
natural uranium fuelled pressurized heavy water reactors for producing
electricity.
The
spent fuel, when reprocessed, yields plutonium which will be used as fuel along
with depleted uranium in the second stage fast breeder reactors Reprocessing of
the second-stage spent fuel will result in production of more plutionium and
uranium-233 when thorum is used as a blanket. The third-stage reactors will be
using uranium-233
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