Download or read book From Fission to Fusion written by Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Fission to Fusion provides an insider's view of breakthrough science. Dr M.R. Srinivasan explains the birth and development of India's atomic energy programme, which grew with his own career from a senior research officer in the 1950s to the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (1987-90). This engrossing memoir explains how a team comprising India's leading physicists, chemists, engineers, metallurgists and other scientists came together to develop an atomic energy programme from scratch and take India into the forefront in this technology in a remarkably short time. Srinivasan relives the excitement of the days when India's first reactor, Apsara, went into operation in 1956. The success of that endeavour led to the generation of nuclear power at six locations throughout the country. Indian industry was mobilized to participate in the execution of the pressurized heavy water reactor programme and will be engaged in building enriched-uranium reactors and fast breeder reactors involving another leap in technology. These advancements are some of the many challenges Srinivasan puts in an economic and historical context.Alongside the account of the programme's giant strides is a moving portrayal of the people who made it possible and their extraordinary qualities as motivators. Ranking in the pantheon are Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, Homi Sethna, Brahm Prakash and N.B. Prasad. What stands out at the end of this compelling tale is an endeavour of high calibre whose contribution to the pride of an independent nation goes well beyond the equations of science.
Download or read book Nuclear Power in India written by David Hart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1983. The Indian nuclear power programme, both the earliest in the Third World and also one of the most comprehensive, is an important and instructive subject for a wide-ranging and detailed study. This book examines the origins and rationale of the Indian programme in the context of energy resources and consumption. It traces the progress of its historical development and leads up to an evaluation of its performance, in both technical and economic terms of both individual reactors and the programme as a whole. In addition, the book discusses India's nuclear explosion of 1974 and the possibilities for novel developments in nuclear power and other energy sources, such as coal, biogas, hydro and solar power. The author then sets the Indian programme into the world picture by comparing developments in India with those of the Third World (including developments in China and South Africa) and discusses the overall prospects for the Third World. This extremely informative account will appeal to readers with interest in energy, science, technology and Third World developments.
Download or read book India s Nuclear Energy Programme written by R. Rajaraman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles presented at the Workshop on Challenges in Nuclear Safety, held during February 14-15, 2012.
Download or read book India s Nuclear Weapons Programme written by Shamsa Nawaz and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book India s Nuclear Energy Programme written by Arvind Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the nuclear industry is facing two major challenges: public concern over safely and the relationship between the nuclear industry and public regulators. Given the public concerns over environmental and public health related issues, this book recommends that India's nuclear energy managers address concerns through constructive public engagement.
Download or read book Indian Nuclear Policy written by Harsh V. Pant and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has come a long way from being a nuclear pariah to a de facto member of the nuclear club. The transition in its nuclear identity has been accompanied by its transformation into a major economic power and underlines a pragmatic turn in its foreign-policy thinking. This book provides a historical narrative of the evolution of India’s nuclear policy since 1947, as the country continues its pursuit for complete integration into the global nuclear order. Situating India’s nuclear behaviour in this context, the book explains how India’s engagement with the atom is unique in international nuclear history and politics. Aided by declassified archival documents and oral history interviews, it focuses on how status, security, domestic politics, and the role of individuals have played a key role in defining and shaping India’s nuclear trajectory, policy choices, and their consequences.
Download or read book National Nuclear Energy Programme written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Promise written by M V Ramana and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuclear power has been held out as possibly the most important source of energy for India. And the dream of a nuclear-powered India has been supported by huge financial budgets and high-level political commitment for over six decades. Nuclear power has also been presented as safe, environmentally benign and cheap. Physicist and writer M.V. Ramana offers a detailed narrative of the evolution of India’s nuclear energy programme, examining different aspects of it and the claims of success made on its behalf. In The Power of Promise he makes a historically nuanced and compelling argument as to why the nuclear energy programme has failed in the past and why its future is dubious. Ramana shows that nuclear power has been more expensive than conventional forms of electricity generation, that the ever-present risk of catastrophic accidents is heightened by observed organizational inadequacies at nuclear facilities, and that existing nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been correlated with impacts on public health and the environment. He offers detailed information and analysis that should serve to deepen the debate on whether India should indeed embark on a massive nuclear programme.
Download or read book India s Nuclear Development Plans and Policies written by Prashant Agarwal and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to go into both the policy and programme aspects of Indias nuclear development and factors influencing them. Examines of the various national choices of nuclear policies involving consideration of diverse and often mutually conflicting objectives. It also analyses the growth and development of institutional infrastructure for the development of nuclear energy in India and also deals in some details nuclear technology development for peaceful purposes and economics of nuclear technology for power production in the context of energy crisis. Finally it analyses the responses of the successive Indian governments to various international pressures on nuclear issues. An attempt is made to perceive the potentialities of the nuclear policy with regard to economic growth and its implications for the international security system.
Download or read book India s Emerging Nuclear Posture written by Ashley J. Tellis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book brings together the many pieces of India's nuclear puzzle and the ramifications for South Asia. The author examines the choices facing India from New Delhi's point of view in order to discern which future courses of action appear most appealing to Indian security managers. He details how such choices, if acted upon, would affect U.S. strategic interests, India's neighbors, and the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Atoms for Peace written by Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee and published by New Delhi : All India Congress Committee. This book was released on 1975 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises articles and speeches by some eminent personalities.
Download or read book Nuclear Energy in India s Energy Security Matrix written by Maj Gen Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi AVSM, VSM (Retd) and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy is essential for the economic growth of a nation. Its absence or deficiency makes a nation highly vulnerable to international arms twisting as well as internal disturbances. As such, it is an important element in a nation's security matrix. India which is in the lower half of the countries as far as the energy consumption per capita is concerned. One of major reasons is the gap between the demand and the capacity of the country to supply the energy from indigenous sources. One of the important sources that hold promise in Indian context is the nuclear energy as it is clean and the resource; thorium to produce power through this route is available indigenously. However despite a well developed plan for energy conversion in place, using indigenous resources for over half a century, it is still considered only promising. Relevant questions in this regard are; whether perceived promise is realizable? If so, in what time frame and at what cost? Will it be safe keeping in view its capacity to cause wide spread devastation? Is there a need to seek technical collaboration with other countries or will it be better to go indigenous route only? How do we tackle the widening demand- supply gap during the interim? And finally is there a case for a review for the existing decision loop/energy management system? An attempt has been made in this book to address these issues. It is also expected that the concept advocated in this book for achieving energy security for India by 2030 will initiate a wider debate on the subject.
Download or read book Indian energy security Nuclear energy policy written by Annemarie Kunz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: 1,0, Charles University in Prague, language: English, abstract: Energy is the key to a state’s economic growth: it influences not only sustainable development, but also areas such as education and health. India is one of the world’s fasted growing economies and, consequently, energy markets. It is confronted with the challenge of closing the vast gap between energy demand and supply and additionally considering climate change. Currently, India’s energy mix is dominated by fossil fuels such as oil and coal, which has to be imported and makes the country dependent on global price fluctuations. Nuclear power is an energy resource that could increase India’s energy security and fulfil the needs of guaranteeing both economic growth and environmental sustainability for India. This paper analyses India’s Nuclear Energy Policy, its three stage nuclear plan and its historical development. Due to lacking civil nuclear cooperation with other countries and few uranium reserves of bad quality, India was not able to develop and unfold its nuclear program over the last decades. An important step towards a larger share of nuclear power has been the Indo-US nuclear deal, which the Indian government appreciates very much, as it opened up trade options for technology and fuel for India. Morever, this paper focuses on legal issues concerning nuclear energy, its advantages and disadvanteges and will also give critique on the implementation and integration of the policy. It will conclude that nuclear energy has a lot of obstacles, but is an important alternative option for India to become independent from fossil fuels.
Download or read book India s Nuclear Estate written by Dhirendra Sharma and published by New Delhi, India : Lancers Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of sociopolitical and economic aspects.
Download or read book Nuclear India written by G. G. Mirchandani and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb written by Itty Abraham and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new BJP Government exploded several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits but international condemnation and a nuclear arms race in South Asia. This book is the first serious historical account of the development of nuclear power in India and of how the bomb came to be made. The author questions orthodox interpretations implying that it was a product of the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Instead, he suggests that the explosions had nothing to do with national security as conventionally understood. Instead he demonstrates the linkages that existed between the two apparently separate discourses of national security and national development, and explores their common underlying basis in postcolonial states. The result is a remarkable book that breaks new ground in integrating comparative politics, international relations and cultural studies.
Download or read book The US India Nuclear Pact written by Harsh V. Pant and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The signing of the US–India civilian nuclear agreement in 2008 is a milestone in the geopolitics of the twenty-first century—one that has virtually rewritten the rules of the global nuclear order. It has also transformed the relationship between the world's oldest and largest democracies. Harsh V. Pant's book is the first detailed examination of this major policy initiative as well as the process by which this pact came to fruition. Pant identifies a range of issues at the structural, domestic, political, and individual levels that have shaped the recent trajectory of the US–India relationship. He analyses the three-year long negotiating process with a special focus on how political leaderships in both states managed domestic opposition to the pact. The author locates the agreement in the context of the broader debate over the role of international institutions in global politics.
