Chennai:
As India is closer to realize the dream of indigenously built
prototype fast breeder reactor, a former chairman of Japanese Atomic
Energy Commission has sought cooperation between India and Japan in
developing the technology.
Speaking at the two day international conference on “Advancement in
Materials, Health and Safety towards sustainable Energy and
Environment-MHS 2014” Japan’s former AEC chairman Yoichi Fujiie
expressed keenness in forging a tie-up with India in developing fast
breeder reactors.
This comes in the wake of integrated commissioning of 500 mega watt
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, which uses liquid
sodium to cool the reactor, which started last month.
PFBR is an important milestone for India’s three-stage nuclear power
programme. India has chosen the closed fuel cycle option in view of
its phased expansion of nuclear power generation extending through the
second and third stages, whereby full energy potential of Uranium and
Thorium can be exploited efficiently.
R Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor to the Government of
India, said that closed fuel cycle nuclear power is almost akin to
renewable energy.
“If the fuel cycle is closed with plutonium and fast breeder reactors,
the same amount of uranium will give 50 times more power. If thorium
is included in closing the fuel cycle, as India is planning to do,
this will be increased to 600 times,” he said.
The conference is organised by Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA)
in association with Government of India, Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB). The event is sponsored by Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan and co-sponsored by Bio-Nano
Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, Japan.
As India is closer to realize the dream of indigenously built
prototype fast breeder reactor, a former chairman of Japanese Atomic
Energy Commission has sought cooperation between India and Japan in
developing the technology.
Speaking at the two day international conference on “Advancement in
Materials, Health and Safety towards sustainable Energy and
Environment-MHS 2014” Japan’s former AEC chairman Yoichi Fujiie
expressed keenness in forging a tie-up with India in developing fast
breeder reactors.
This comes in the wake of integrated commissioning of 500 mega watt
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, which uses liquid
sodium to cool the reactor, which started last month.
PFBR is an important milestone for India’s three-stage nuclear power
programme. India has chosen the closed fuel cycle option in view of
its phased expansion of nuclear power generation extending through the
second and third stages, whereby full energy potential of Uranium and
Thorium can be exploited efficiently.
R Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor to the Government of
India, said that closed fuel cycle nuclear power is almost akin to
renewable energy.
“If the fuel cycle is closed with plutonium and fast breeder reactors,
the same amount of uranium will give 50 times more power. If thorium
is included in closing the fuel cycle, as India is planning to do,
this will be increased to 600 times,” he said.
The conference is organised by Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA)
in association with Government of India, Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB). The event is sponsored by Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan and co-sponsored by Bio-Nano
Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, Japan.
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