Dehradun: Defending the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar today said it could help in fulfilling growing energy requirements of the country.
"To meet growing energy needs, we must have nuclear power. The civil nuclear cooperation with the United States will be beneficial for the country," he told reporters here. Such an agreement could be implemented without affecting domestic and strategic nuclear programmes of the nation, Kakodkar said. To a question, he said "it will taken some time to move from uranium to thorium-based nuclear power."
Kakodkar was in town to get feedback on experiments conducted by the Isotope Division of the BARC to recharge water springs in Garhwal Himalayas. The experiments were conducted in collaboration with the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO), a voluntary group. Kakodkar was informed that 16 water springs had been recharged in and around Gwar village located on the Rudraprayag-Chamoli border.
