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PM-Can't afford miss nuke bus

PM Mr Man Mohan Singh addressing at the BARC in Tarapur on the commissioning of Atomic Power station 3 and 4,the need of nuclear energy in the development process

of the nation and its utility from various dimensions.

“There is today talk the world over of a nuclear renaissance and we cannot afford to miss the bus or lag behind these,” Dr Man Mohan Singh said at function in Tarapore.“We have set a modest target of 20,000 MW of nuclear power generation by 2020. This can be doubled with the opening up of international cooperation,” Dr Singh said at a function to commission Atomic power station No 3 and 4 at Tarapur.

He warned that India’s own supply of uranium was very limited. “We have, therefore, consciously opted laudable steps to maximise output within the limited resources. We must take decisive steps to remove the uncertainties that result from shortfall in fuel supplies to avoid disruptions in our nuclear power production programme,” Dr Singh said.

“We need to pave the way for India to benefit from nuclear commerce without restrictions,” the PM noted.

Dr Singh, however, further added that such a process would not become effective until the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), including the US, Russia, France and Japan, adapted its guidelines to enable nuclear commerce with India.

“Once these steps are taken, India can commence civil nuclear cooperation with all 45 members of the NSG. This will signal the end of our international isolation of the past few decades,” he said.

The Prime Minister added that Indian industry needed to reap the benefits of nuclear commerce without restrictions. “We need to enable our industries to gain access to cutting-edge technology, and we need to create opportunities for our scientists to participate in the international exchange of scientific ideas and technical know-how,” he said.

Prime Minister warned that India does not have the Luxury of exploring alternate source of Power as our coal,gas,hydropower and oils are insufficient to meet our requirement

India needs all sorts of energy not only at affordable cost but also in terms of cost of our environments.