Kazakhstan to supply 5,000 tonnes uranium to India in 2015-19: Nursultan Nazarbayev

[magudi]

ASTANA: Kazakhstan, the world's largest producer of uranium, will supply a total of 5,000 tonnes of the radioactive fuel to India in the 2015-19 period, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Wednesday.

India needs foreign nuclear technology and fuel to ramp up capacity by a planned 14 times from 4,560 megawatts over the next two decades.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visting the Kazakh capital, has made nuclear power a key element of his clean energy strategy, and in January announced a pact with US President Barack Obama to help clear a logjam of stalled projects.

Kazakhstan to supply 5,000 tonnes uranium to India in 2015-19: Nursultan Nazarbayev - The Economic Times

 

[kṣamā]

But do we need foreign reactor tech ??

 

[sudhir007]

But do we need foreign reactor tech ??

but why we already master in PHWR at the range of 220, 500 and now 700 MW. L&T already supply such item.

 

[VeeraBahadur]

Positive development. It's very interesting outcome and slap on the faces of those who criticizes our PM's foreign visits.

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

5000 Tons, that sounds good.

 

[atatwolf]

I think we shouldn't do this.

 

[ayesha.a]

Positive development. It's very interesting outcome and slap on the faces of those who criticizes our PM's foreign visits.

Modi is only going to renew the contract signed by MMS govt in 2009, under which about 1812 tonnes were supplied between 2010 and 2014.

I think we shouldn't do this.

Who is "we"?

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

@atatwolf
Why shouldn't Kazakhstan do it?
It has previously supplied us with 1800Tons of Uranium before the agreement ended.

 

[VeeraBahadur]

Modi is only going to renew the contract signed by MMS govt in 2009, under which about 1812 tonnes were supplied between 2010 and 2014.

This isn't simply a renewal since quantity has increased almost 3 times.It's more like upgradation.

Who is "we"?

I think he is Kazaki national using wrong flags.

 

[[Bregs]]

Modi is only going to renew the contract signed by MMS govt in 2009, under which about 1812 tonnes were supplied between 2010 and 2014.



Who is "we"?

This deal might be for a 10 yrs period but its a positive deal

 

[magudi]

Positive development. It's very interesting outcome and slap on the faces of those who criticizes our PM's foreign visits.

Foreign tours will continue to dominate PM’s calendar - The Times of India

He doesn't seem to care even after coming under so much attack for foreign trips

 

[Ryuzaki]

I agree, I dont understand how the Islamic world can help a pagan cow worshiping India. Maybe for the money or something, but still, wierd.

guess who is India's biggest trading partner?

UAE
with KSA at #4

 

[atatwolf]

@atatwolf
Why shouldn't Kazakhstan do it?

The Turkic world. It should keep a balance.

 

[magudi]

The Turkic world. It should keep a balance.

Balance my foot pagans should be kept at arms length and never trusted

 

[jamahir]

nuclear power is obsolete and dangerous... every sensible person in india should oppose this deal and call for shutting down of all nuclear power reactors in india.

these protests have already happened and still are happening...

from ( Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )...

In 2011, thousands from the vicinity of the plant protested against it, fearing a nuclear disaster.[23] According to the protesters, evacuation of people in the event of a nuclear disaster would be impossible.[24] According to S P Udayakumar, of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, "the nuclear plant is unsafe"

from ( Jaitapur nuclear power plant | Greenpeace India )...

Protests
There has been fierce opposition to the project from the people of Jaitapur and the surrounding areas. Land has been forcibly acquired in most cases. While there have been attempts to paint the agitations against the plant as being primarily driven by a demand for higher compensation, this is far from the truth and objections to the reactor are manifold. The issues at stake for the local people include concerns about loss of livelihood, serious damage to the environment, issue of safety given the seismic activity of the site, track record of disaster preparedness in India, and finally but importantly, the complete lack of transparency about the project. The government has made no genuine attempt to address the issues raised and has essentially been trying to gloss over them while stubbornly pressing ahead with the plan.

punjab state is already in the grip of cancers... from ( Uranium poisoning in Punjab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )...

An investigation carried out The Observer newspaper, in 2009, revealed the possible that cause of contamination of soil and ground water in Malwa region of Punjab, to be the fly ash from coal burnt at thermal power plants, which contains high levels of uranium and ash as the region has state's two biggest coal-fired power stations.[2][9]

Tests on ground water carried out by Dr Chander Parkash, a wetland ecologist and Dr Surinder Singh, also at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, found the highest average concentration of uranium 56.95 µg/l, in the town of Bhucho Mandi in Bathinda district, a short distance from the ash pond of Lehra Mohabat thermal power plant. At village Jai Singh Wala, close to the Batinda ash pond, similar test results showed an average level of 52.79 µg/l.[9]

In the last years, more and more researchers came to the conclusion that geological causes are the source of the uranium contamination in Punjab, as it is known for long that in the underlying Siwalik sediments uranium enrichments occur (Phadke et al. 1985, Singh et al. 2009, Raju et al. 2015).

indian scientists have failed to investigate sustainable power generation sources like biofuel ( ethanol ) and solar-thermal.