We all hear the buzz, Nuclear treaty with USA for peaceful usage . India and USA has formally Agreed to exchange technology and know how of the nuclear energy for domestic use that is 'generation of power' ,how will it affect both the countries well to take a cue USA is already the upper hand interms of technology the country is power rich on the other hand India is undergoing a power hunger since decades . The growth in Industrialisation creation of office spaces , residential complexes have left the power grid less power to manipulate with .
Currently India has follwing power plants in - Narora, Kalpakkam, Tarapur, Kaiga, Kakrapar, kota, but these are all govt. controlled establishement according to CN rao report that private establishment should be allowed has fueled the interest of corporate houses in this area- Tata Group, Vedanta group, R- ADAE has shown keen interest to venture in this domain .Even MNC like GE , Alstom, Siemens are looking forward to supply equipments to this sector incase it opens up .
Today India generates around 3000 mega watt of power from these plants and has plans to do it ten times in 20 years . Growth in nuclear power has been slow because of limited supply of uranium .
See the gargantuan requirement - Today the country generates 160,000 MW of power and by 2030 it will require 80,0000 MW of power our generation is mostly dependent on coal and this signifies we will need 2 billion tonnes/ annum of coal to support that type of generation. This figure is all according to planning commission report
Nuclear power has to be there to support the energy needs hence it makes sense to persue the agreement in positive will to support us
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