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Hard-cover • 2013
Pages: 278
ISBN: 9789332700307
US$59.95
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Academic Foundation

India’s Nuclear Energy Programme

Future Plans, Prospects and Concerns

R. Rajaraman (Ed.)

About the Book

<p>Nuclear energy is one of the most contentious areas of India’s technology policy today. This book contains state-of-the-art discussions, by top experts, of a whole range of diverse issues that constitute this complex subject.</p> <p>The topics discussed include: public concerns like reactor safety and radiation hazards, technical issues like the use of breeder reactors and closed fuel cycles, and legal issues like the regulatory bodies, major legislative acts, international conventions and rules.<br /> What is very special about this book is that it brings together, for the first time, expert contributions both from apex leaders of the nuclear programme and from those who have serious reservations about the programme. Matters are discussed in sufficient detail so that the reader can assess the arguments pro and con.</p>

About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

<p>R. Rajaraman is an emeritus professor of theoretical physics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is Co-Chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and at the time of writing,</p> <p>Vice-President of the Indian National Science Academy. He got his PhD in 1963 from Cornell University under the supervision of the Nobel Laureate Prof Hans Bethe. Since then, he has been doing research and teaching in physics at Cornell University, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Harvard University, M.I.T, Stanford University, CERN, Delhi University and the Indian Institute for Science. His research areas include: nuclear theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, particle physics and quantum hall systems. He has also been working on nuclear policy—both military and civilian. He has analysed India’s nuclear doctrine, credible minimal deterrence, early warning systems, missile defence, battlefield nuclear weapons. With colleagues, he has extensively analysed fissile material production in India and Pakistan. He studied in depth the Indo-US nuclear agreement and its implications for India’s civilian and strategic programmes. Since Fukushima, he has also been addressing public concerns of reactor safety.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Contents in Detail

Foreword | Krishan Lal


Preface | R. Rajaraman


I: Overview


1. The Nuclear Energy Option and Nuclear Safety
    R. CHIDAMBARAM

 

2. Nuclear Power: Some Frequently Asked Questions
    S. BANERJEE

 

 

II: Reactor Safety and Radiological Concerns

3. Nuclear Reactor Safety
    S.A. BHARDWAJ

 

4. Environmental Impact on Aquatic Ecosys-tems, Biodiversity,
    Agriculture and Human Health in the Vicinity of Operating
    Nuclear Power Plants
    S.K. APTE 

 

5. Low Dose Radiation Health Hazards: Radiobiological Mechanisms
    versus Theoretical Predictions based on Linear, Non-threshold Model
    P.C. KESAVAN

 

6. Observations Regarding Health Impacts of Some Indian Nuclear
    Installations on Surrounding Populations: Studies of Rawatbhata
    Nuclear Power Plant and Jaduguda Uranium Mines
    S.D. GADEKAR and S. GADEKAR

 

 

III: Fuel Cycles and Technology

7. History and Current Status of Reprocessing and Plutonium
    Breeder-Reactor Programmes Worldwide
    FRANK VON HIPPEL

 

8. Science and Technology of Sodium Cooled Fast Spectrum Reactors
    and Closed Fuel Cycles in Three Stage Programme of India:
    Accomplishments and a Way Forward
   BALDEV RAJ, P. CHELLAPANDI & S.C. CHETAL

 

9. An Update of Uranium Fuel Cycle and the Challenges: India’s
   Access to International Uranium and Fuel Cycle Market
   C. GANGULY

 


IV: Legal and Regulatory Issues

10. National Framework for Governance of Nuclear Power
      R.B. GROVER

 

11. Nuclear Safety: The New Regulatory Framework
      R. RAMACHANDRAN


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