Bhubaneswar, May 11: Keeping in view the ever increasing energy requirement, India is all set to establish at least four nuclear reactors besides the world’s first thorium-based reactor by 2020.
This was stated by eminent scientist and director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Baldev Raj today while delivering a lecture on “Challenges and Opportunities in Nuclear Energy” on the occasion of the 12th National Technology Day celebrated by Nalco here.
Of the four nuclear reactors, he said two would be set up at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu while locations for the other two would be decided soon.
Stating that as many countries had stopped working on developing thorium-based nuclear reactors, Raj pointed out that India has emerged as a leader in this field.
–Agencies