1) After nuclear disasters like Fukushima, protesters raise concerns about nuclear waste, but nuclear programs argue that waste can be recycled or separated. 2) Only 2-3% of spent nuclear fuel is actual waste - the rest can be recycled. Waste can also be separated into parts that will lose radioactivity within 300 years and parts that remain radioactive longer. 3) India is developing processes to separate these waste types, with a pilot plant to be operational next year in Mumbai, followed by demonstration and commercial plants.

2.  Post the Fukushima
disaster, one of the key
issues protesters raise is
nuclear waste generated
by a nuclear plant and its
final disposal.
 They have right to ask and we have the answer to say
that ………………..

3. The nuclear energy programme
will move in parallel paths. One
is to produce power. Since we generate power there
will be some waste. And this waste is only two to three
per cent of the total fuel we put into the reactor. Entire
spent fuel is not waste; plutonium and uranium are
recycled which contribute to about 97-98 per cent of
the spent fuel. So only the remaining two to three per
cent of spent fuel is waste.

4.  Now the problem with nuclear power waste is that it
will remain radioactive for a few hundreds of years and
even more. Now again you see, this waste can be
divided into two parts — one where within 300 years,
99 per cent of the waste becomes non-radioactive and
the rest is going to remain radioactive for a longer
time.

5.  Baba Atomic Research Centre working
towards the development of a process
where we can separate waste that becomes
non-radioactive within 300 years.
 A pilot plant will become operational in Tarapur, Mumbai. [to separate
the two types of waste] next year. Process development in the lab was
completed some time back. The pilot plant will be followed by a
demonstration plant, and then by commercial plants.
 After the pilot plant is fully operational, we will come up with a
demonstration-scale plant at Tarapur. It is at a design stage and will be
integrated to the nuclear recycle plant at Tarapur. This will be a large-
sized plant. The plant will be designed for reprocessing 600 tonnes of
spent fuel.-shekar basu ,Director of BARC

6. Taking care of the waste that will become non-
radioactive within 300 years
 Step1:VITRIFICATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE
 The waste is first vitrified in the vitrification plant
operational in India.( Vitrification is the transformation of a
substance into a glass)

7.  STEP2:STEEL CANISTERIZING OF VITRIFIED WASTE
 Vitrified waste will be put in steel canisters, which in
turn will be put in steel over-packs. Over-packs will
again be put in another steel casing. So there will be
three to four layers of steel casing in addition to
vitrification

8.  Step3:REST IN PEACE……………………..
 It will finally be kept in concrete structures/buildings.
Concrete buildings are used for structural, shielding
and ventilation purposes OR even in defunct
underground mines(like the kolar gold mines)

9. Taking care of the waste that will be radio active for more than
300 years
 We can bombard the waste with
high-energy neutrons to kill or
burn radioactive elements. This is
called transmutation.
Transmutation is the way of
handling actinides that have long
half-lives. It can be done either in
faster spectrum reactors where
neutrons of higher energy are
used or accelerator-driven system
(ADS).

10.  And that’s how it goes……..
 And effective utilization of modern technology like
the ADS can be a answer to our problems ,
 Given the fact that, 800 milllion indians don’t have
access to electricity and we as a whole community
has a larger role to play.Our primr aim is to dispel
the fear factor among the anti-nuke protestors and
and every indians has the right to get electricity that
can be achieved,only we put the nation on the path of
cultivating massive electricityfrom sustainable
energy.adieu.jaihindand thank you……