4. • Every 22 tonnes of U
avoids emission of 1
million tonnes of CO₂.
•Global potential of
‘cheap ’ uranium for
only 40 years.
•Conversion of weapons
grade HEU to LEU
required.
5. India’s Nuclear Program:
The Present Status
• 12 PHWR & 2 BWR under operation
• 4 PHWR and 2 LWR under commission
• 2950 MW generation & 3000 MW under commission
• Successful experiments with Fast Breeder Test Reactor
(FBTR)
• Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) for 500MW under
construction
• Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) using (Pu-Th)
MOX for 300MW: advanced stage of design approval;
construction soon to begin.
6.
7. Indo-US Nuclear Deal
• A watershed in U.S.-India relations and a new aspect to international
nonproliferation efforts
• Additional Protocol - allows more intrusive IAEA inspections-of its
civilian facilities.
• India agrees to continue its moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.
• India commits to strengthening the security of its nuclear arsenals.
• India works toward negotiating a Fission missile cutoff treaty with the
US. banning the production of fissile material for weapons purposes.
prevent the spread of enrichment and reprocessing technologies to
states that don't possess them and to support international
nonproliferation efforts
• U.S. will be allowed to build nuclear reactors in India and provide
nuclear fuel for its civilian energy program. (An approval by the
Nuclear Suppliers Group lifting the ban has cleared the way for other
countries to make nuclear fuel and technology sales to India.)
• IN RETURN eligible to buy U.S. dual-use nuclear technology, including
materials and equipment , used to enrich uranium or reprocess
plutonium, potentially creating the material for nuclear bombs. receive
imported fuel for its nuclear reactors.
8. Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is the use of radioactive materials in diagnostic or therapeutic
procedures, most notably treatments for various forms of cancer
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses of Radioisotopes
• Diagnostic procedures use of relatively small amounts of radioactive materials
to facilitate imaging of certain organs to help physicians locate and identify
tumors, size anomalies, or other physiological or functional organ problems.
• Therapeutic procedures of radioactive materials typically are intended to kill
cancerous tissue, reduce the size of a tumor, or reduce pain.
Common nuclear medicine procedures that use radioisotopes include the
following examples:
• Brachytherapy
• Gamma Knife
• Portable imaging devices in dentistry and podiatry
• Bone mineral analysis X-ray
• Chemotherapy
9.
10. Nuclear Weapons
A bane to be banned
• Can we forget Hiroshima/
Nagasaki destruction?
• Testing of Castle Bravo.
• Whether its production or
testing ,everything has till
now proved disastrous.
