Wednesday, August 24, 2005
This Day:

An indigenous design for a Thorium nuclear reactor, which can produce 600 MWs of power for two years without being replenished, was unveiled on Thursday by two Indian scientists at an international conference on emerging nuclear energy systems in Brussels (ICENES 2005).
Designed by scientists (V Jagannathan and Usha Pal) of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the thorium breeder reactor (ATBR) has been claimed to be far more economical and safer than any other in the world. More importantly, the reactor doesn’t need expensive and scarce Uranium235. Although it would require Plutonium initially, the reactor will eventually run entirely on Thorium and Uranium-233, the scientists said.

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Courtesy: Wikipedia)
In the paper, the scientists explained that the reactor, while annually consuming 880 kg of Plutonium for energy production from seed rods, converts 1100 kg of Thorium into fissionable Uranium-233.
Nuclear analysts say that it may be possible for India to obtain Plutonium from friendly countries wanting to dismantle their weapons or dispose of their stockpiled plutonium:):).

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34 Comments:

At August 27, 2005 3:38 AM, Blogger Unknown said...
1. Has it been constructed, or is just a design (which has to go through all the government crap and will take an eternity)?

Whatevr the case, dismantling weapons for plutonium makes this one a doubly useful venture.
 
At August 27, 2005 10:06 AM, Blogger Sray said...
I think this is just a design, but it seems like it will work (from the reviews I read). Obviously, it has lots of advantages, and since it cannot be used to enrich bomb-grade materials, India should be able to sell/license the technology to foreign markets as well (I hope the IAEA agrees) :).
 
At August 29, 2005 12:05 PM, Blogger trejrco said...
I wonder how this compares, safety- and efficiency-wise, to "pebble bed" reactors?



/TJ
PS - indigenous or ingenious?
 
At August 29, 2005 10:45 PM, Blogger Sray said...
Abt. 3% (1800MW) of India's power requirements is met by nuclear power.
 
At September 03, 2005 7:24 AM, Blogger LEMNA said...
/:)/:)
 
At September 03, 2005 4:24 PM, Blogger abnegator said...
These are for sure going to be useful and very much needed in India. There is a shortage of power here and its one of the major requirements for any country's growth.
 
At September 05, 2005 5:42 PM, Blogger Wayne Smallman said...
I've been reading a lot about technology that makes innovative use of fissile material...
 
At September 07, 2005 9:29 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
interesting :)
(back from trip and can be a regular reader of ur blogs)
 
At September 09, 2005 12:11 PM, Blogger LEMNA said...
Heyyyyy:D
Tell the Geolocator that I am from Irannnnnnn also I preferably liked to be from San Francisco!
 
At September 09, 2005 12:12 PM, Blogger LEMNA said...
I am searching for someone!
 
At September 10, 2005 4:32 PM, Blogger Tupinambah said...
Bah ! I don't believe
 
At September 14, 2005 11:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
>:D<<<<<
 
At September 14, 2005 1:07 PM, Blogger wise donkey said...
what happened to ur blog last week?
anyway good to see its back:)
 
At September 15, 2005 1:27 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
hmmm i am not from uk either :)
 
At September 16, 2005 12:33 PM, Blogger Unknown said...
Where r u sray? dumped this blog or what?
 
At September 19, 2005 7:40 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
whats happening:(
 
At September 22, 2005 12:21 PM, Blogger Sray said...
To all, I will restart this blog soon. Lots of work has kept me away from home, so it has been hard to blog. I will be back :):).
 
At September 23, 2005 1:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
Somebody is always in my heart not only close to it:)>:D<
 
At September 28, 2005 7:34 AM, Blogger LEMNA said...
:-s
 
At October 09, 2005 2:08 PM, Blogger Lord of all Things said...
hey!!! how did u put in the multiple music file links fer the player in ur blog...???
 
At November 03, 2005 4:52 AM, Blogger Unknown said...
waaaahaaa! :( sray still not back!
 
At December 01, 2005 6:46 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
suprised over kl's gender, though its none of my business:)
 
At December 08, 2005 12:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sheesh! I thought this was a criticizing post when i read "safest nuclear reactor? (hide)." But thankfully, now I understand.
Shessh!
 
At February 20, 2006 11:01 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
bangaloreguy:) (btw i am the g3)

still thinking about your blog, hope you have a fantastic 2006 and the blog returns soon:)

take care:)
 
At June 04, 2006 2:36 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
just checked in hoping...
 
At June 29, 2006 1:24 AM, Blogger wise donkey said...
again checking..
 
At August 20, 2006 6:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hi liked reading through,lots of info,wish you well
 
At September 13, 2006 5:35 AM, Blogger Unknown said...
safe ?

how safe is safe ?

:)
 
At January 28, 2007 11:05 AM, Blogger broomhilda said...
Sray,
Are you still out there?
 
At February 10, 2007 2:23 AM, Blogger abnegator said...
Where are you man!?!?
 
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...
 
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