Why we should continue with nuclear power

Nuclear power is complementary to thermal power. Thermal power alone cannot help us achieve 8% to 9% economic growth as our country needs to add 70,000 MW generation capacity for the 12th plan (by 2017) and another 75,000-80,000 MW (by 2022). In other words India needs to add about 15,000 MW every year in the next decade. At the same time, our coal reserves are being exhausted very fast. So here are reasons why we need nuclear power.

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