According to former president A P J Abdul Kalam, If any deal with any country makes India self-reliant in nuclear power, that is good for us. During his 3-day visit to London, he said that India should seek to achieve self-reliance in the field of nuclear power through developing Thorium fuel-based reactors in the country.

During an interview in London, Kalam said that India should go for the treaties or agreements to make country self-reliant and for that we should develop Thorium fuel-based reactors.

He said that all the nuclear reactors in India were Uranium fuel-based reactors and India has a shortage of Uranium. At the same time, India has one of the largest reserves of Thorium so, we should develop Thorium-based reactors to use the resources we have to develop nuclear power in the country.

He said:

Thorium is also a fuel but it is not fissile material. We have to convert it as a fissile material through the fast breeder reactor, which we are building in the country. So option for India is, while we need some Uranium flow, we should go for Thorium fuel based reactor.

Kalam further said that a lot of research is still needed in this field. According to him, the scientists are working hard to develop Thorium-based reactors. The final goal is to develop Thorium fuel-based nuclear reactor in the next five to seven years in the country. India should become self-reliant in Nuclear energy by using Thorium in our nuclear reactors.

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