India Nuclear Energy Update

Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered his country's traditional Independence Day speech earlier today. And it's clear that nuclear energy is going to play a significant role in that nation's energy future:

We need to get used to paying a reasonable price for electricity just as we do for petroleum products. Through this, we can ensure supply of electricity in the right quantity, at the right time and of right quality. In my visit to the United States, we have managed to reduce some of the constraints which have been hampering the growth of our nuclear energy programme and in the next 10 years, in addition to the 1,500,000 MW of capacity being added in the thermal and hydro sectors, another 40,000 MW could be generated through nuclear energy.

Here's more from the Financial Express.

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