Ratan Kumar Sinha, the director of the BARC, taken from www.barc.ernet.in
The Guardian has published an article about an interview with Ratan Kumar Sinha, the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), and how the 300 MW thorium fuelled AHWR (Advanced Heavy Water Reactor) is expected to be completed by the end of the decade (Rahman, 1st November 2011).
This is part of India’s three stage nuclear power programme, which recognises how India, much like Australia, possesses large quantities of thorium, and is therefore a sensible, economical, and environmentally friendly option worthy of research, development, and commercialisation (Department of Atomic Energy, 25th November 2003).
Department of Atomic Energy, G. of I. (2003). Shaping the third stage of Indian nuclear power programme (p. 15). Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy. Retrieved from http://www.dae.gov.in/publ/3rdstage.pdf
Rahman, M. (2011, November 1). India plans “safer” nuclear plan powered by thorium. The Guardian, p. 1. The Guardian UK Online. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/01/india-thorium-nuclear-plant