#Nuclear #Power is #Clean #Energy #Resource for #India Article 2 (#Safety and #Waste #handling)
Nuclear Power Safety :
With increasing complexities of technology and the associated risks, there is an ever increasing attention to make Nuclear technology safer. It is one of the few technologies, which because of large stakes involved, has huge redundancies built into it to ensure its safe operation, even if it means an appreciable increase in the cost of the technology. It is unfair to blame nuclear power as perennially unsafe by citing the three accidents that have globally happened in the entire history of nuclear power plant operation. Rigorous assessment mechanism in place to ascertain the safety and reliability to ensure that it is a reliable and safe energy option.
Nuclear Power Waste handling :
Nuclear power does not generate last waste in India. The quantity of waste from nuclear power plants in India is much smaller due to our adoption of the closed fuel cycle. Our three-stage nuclear power programme follows the philosophy of “reprocess to reuse”, where the spent fuel of one stage becomes the feeder fuel for the next stage. We, therefore, treat our spent fuel not as waste, but as wealth. Closed fuel cycle - produces more fuel than it consumes. Waste is actually a useful resource.
YouTube video link on more detailed conversation around this topic : https://youtu.be/ky8_lwv_3CE?si=XiDJYPPO8Y6aySEb?