Former Atomic Energy Commission of India chairman Anil Kakodkar has said the country should accelerate its nuclear energy production program by taking advantage of the civil nuclear deal it has struck with Australia last year. As the nuclear commerce is opened up for us on our terms and without affecting our strategic autonomy or our decision-making power, why not we accelerate our nuclear program by importing uranium which was a constraint so far?,he said. Observing that the country would benefit from the uranium deal with Australia, Kakodkar said that importing uranium from Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia will accelerate electricity production from nuclear reactors even as our three-stage program is developing ...So the atmosphere changed and the world is now ready to do nuclear commerce with India. India and Australia had last year signed a landmark civil nuclear deal, clearing the way for Canberra to sell uranium to the energy-starved country for power generation. Australia can play the role of a long-term reliable supplier of uranium to India, Kakodkar said, adding that uranium mines in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand lack sufficient reserves for India expanded civil nuclear program at present. Given the ten to twelve fold increase in our electricity generation, which is necessary to support our economic growth and issues of energy resource sustainability and global climate change staring at us, the importance of nuclear energy will only grow with time, he said.
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