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2007-10-21 India-Pakistan

5 nuclear plants shut down for want of fuel

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Posted by john frum 2007-10-21 13:15|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Of course, if Manmohan Singh, in a previous job as Finance Minister, had not closed a producing Uranium mine and prevented new ones from opening, this fuel "mismatch" would not be present.

It will take a few years for the new Indian mines to begin production (if the opposition by the environmentalists can be overcome).

Singh could be buying Australian Uranium right now but his allies in government (the communists) are dead against the Indo-US nuclear deal and won't allow him to negotiate with the IAEA.

Posted by john frum 2007-10-21 13:24|| 2007-10-21 13:24|| Front Page Top

#2 The communists are against everything that is progress in India unless it leads directly to glorious peoples' republic.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-10-21 14:56|| 2007-10-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Just like the socalists here.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-10-21 15:26|| 2007-10-21 15:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Meanwhile, India is building huge coal fired plants...

India banks on its ultra mega power projects

With electricity shortage threatening to slow down India's robust economic growth, the government is banking on ultra mega power projects which experts say can dramatically improve the situation if implemented properly.

Some 10 such projects with a capacity of around 4,000 megawatts each are in the pipeline, of which Anil Ambani's Reliance Power has secured one at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh and Tata Power has bagged one at Mundra in Gujarat.

'The future of ultra-mega power projects is great,' said former power secretary R.V. Shahi, who was instrumental in launching the scheme, adding these projects would also help in lowering electricity tariffs in the country.

'The average level tariff of Rs. 1.19 per unit of electricity that includes both fixed and variable cost components quoted for the Sasan project would not have been possible to achieve without the new scheme,' Shahi told IANS.

'At least six projects totalling 24,000 MW must be implemented to maintain the momentum.'

Power ministry officials said among other similar ultra-mega power projects, the bidding process has started for one at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and another at Tilaiya in Jharkhand.

Preparations are in full swing for allocating the remaining projects at Akaltara in Chhattisgarh, Tadri in Karnataka, Girye in Maharashtra, Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu and Ib Valley in Orissa.

The Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the nodal agency for supervising preparations for the implementation of these projects, expects to complete the process for handing over the projects to successful bidders by July 2008.

Posted by john frum 2007-10-21 16:33|| 2007-10-21 16:33|| Front Page Top

#5 does Al Gore know about that?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-21 16:53|| 2007-10-21 16:53|| Front Page Top

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