ABSTRACT
This chapter summarises the findings on India, and extend it into an analysis of nuclear power in the Third World to cover the prospects for its future. The conventional energy sources available are under-explored and underutilised. A really sizeable nuclear power programme could not be fuelled by the limited quantity of assured reserves. It must be admitted that economic analysis and classification is somewhat gross and simplistic. Electrical capacity and uranium reserves in India, it would appear at first sight, are both sufficient to warrant a positive ‘yes’ to nuclear power. Exploration for radioactive mineral deposits was begun in 1957. The major emphasis in India seems to have been on the first response – to provide additional supply – and nuclear power has been chosen to provide part of that additional supply. India has strived for self-reliance in nuclear power and has made a massive financial investment in nuclear fuel facilities as well as reactors.
