संवाद # 190: Nuclear Scientist explains how License Raj is killing India's nuclear energy sector

[@ayushmeena977]

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[@mahinderkumar1013]

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[@shubhamdwivedi277]

Bhai sahaab.....kya gajab topic aur kitna important topic has been chosen for podcast. Salute and respect to you man. 😮😮

[@nahushaacharya7470]

Another correction India is not currently building any 220 MW reactor, India is now building 700MW 2 reactors running Kakrapar

[@Pumbasur]

KAPP 3&4 (2X700 MW) are located at Kakrapar in Surat district of Gujarat, adjacent to the existing reactors KAPS 1&2 (2X220 MW).

[@Pumbasur]

KAPP-4 is the second in the series of sixteen indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each being set up in the country

[@WorldWideDesiDrive]

Speed and Ecosystem is important to build, rather than 2 reactors of 700MW. Try to understand.

[@Shubham-by3sh]

Vaad is the best nationalistic podcast of all. No jingoism ,no rhetorics ,only real issues.Thank you arihant bhai. Hope someone in the government is listening

[@siddharth_behere]

NGO gang par koi question nahi puchha. Biggest issue is NGO gang.

[@yushpi]

Thorium pe bhi puchna reh gaye

[@vaibhavyadav9912]

Sabse pehle call it out for what it really is. NGO gang ❌ Xtian gang ✅

[@Poha76]

Seriously I am so annoyed by those fear mongers

[@rratedgabru5349]

You cover all important issues India is dealing with. A proper intellectual, a proper thinker. This is the most important channel for people of care about the future of the people of this nation.

[@ganeshdore]

Good Clear discussion. 1. Thorium as a fuel was not discussed 2. Plutonium Fast Breeder reactors were not discussed 3. Sea water cooling is probably mandatory ,,,That was not discussed 4. Is investment capital an issue. Perhaps Nuclear is 3X cost per installed MW capacity vs Coal Fired Power Plants. ++++++++++++++++ Isnt Kudankulam 1000 mw each , 2 working , 2 in construction why harp on 220 MW units.

[@ganeshdore]

Agree 100 percent 1. Thorium as a fuel was not discussed 2. Plutonium Fast Breeder reactors were not discussed 3. Sea water cooling is probably mandatory ,,,That was not discussed 4. Is investment capital an issue. Perhaps Nuclear is 3X cost per installed MW capacity vs Coal Fired Power Plants ++++++++++++++++++++ Isnt Kudankulam 1000 mw each , 2 working , 2 in construction why harp on 220 MW units.

[@Maverick-i6x]

Mujhe ye koi scientist nahi lag raha😊

[@shivamsharmaji]

What a fantastic pod! In a world of noisy, low quality content it always makes me happy to come across quality and meaningful podcasts. And a special shout-out to Dr. Nitendra for covering the topic in depth and in a manner EVERYONE could understand. Thank you.

[@DreamerToBuilder]

There are around 20 reactors under various stages of construction and pre commissioning activities in Bharat. This is second only to China. Government is doing work on nuclear. More work is being done now than last 70 years. Two main issues for slow pace which the scientist failed to mention are: Technical: It's not just about building reactors. Indian Nuclear Energy needs a whole pipeline, from fuel and heavy water fabrication facilities to de titration and storage facilites. Work is under progress on this whole chain. Non-technical: Andolanjeevi It won't even take a small nuclear accident for the whole china funded andolanjevi gang to shut down our whole nuclear program. We have seen what they can do in farmer law protest. So the government needs to go slow and steady without making much noise. And this factor is the biggest, these andolan jeevi are shutting down Europe's nuclear power plants based on 40 yr old Chernobyl disaster. Even Japan is going reverse gear in nuclear after fukushima, and USA just talks on SMR and stuff. He is praising France and US, But the reality is that whole west has no replacement plan for the hundreds of reactors that were build in 70s and 80s, which will retire within a decade. US built only 2 & France built ZERO new nuclear reactors in last 25 years. He also mentioned private sector. The government opened nuclear to private sector for medical and agricultural application years back. And NPCIL collaborates with private players like L&T and Tata for reactor construction. This PPP mode is better because we can see that pure private players like GE, Westing House, Toshiba & Mitsubishi are failing in nuclear sector. If we see in comparison to rest of the world, Bharat is doing great. We are developing our whole technology chain and building reactors on our own.

[@nileshmore90]

Thanks for the useful information brother just need some govt websites,links,any documents to check this progress

[@DreamerToBuilder]

@@nileshmore90 You can check the projects section of NPCIL website.

[@ankitpoddar]

Any good paper you can refer too on this and more than one is welcome... Side note podcasts are great vut in technical things either self research or counter point of view is absolutely needs to conveyed...

[@NRAMPAL13]

Kudos Arihant bhai, Doing wonders and Going places. Just 1 regret, please don't free pass to your guest, thoda cross question kiya karo bus.

[@GODEW]

Thanks to Dr. Nitendra Singh pushing the limits for Nuclear in India. Well informative interview 🙏

[@gayatricasey6618]

Kudos to Natinder ji. Despite living outside, u r thinking so much for India. True bharatiye

[@piyushsikka12]

Glad that I have got the chance to meet him in person. Proud of his success

[@ROHIT690THAKUR]

Love these kind of people who contribute immensely to Bharat's growth.

[@swapnilkadam5325]

Topics taken by this channel are always in the interest of the country and citizens ......

[@ManojSingh-bg9ue]

Respectfully, Dr. Nitendra Singh should have emphasised more on our lack of domestic nuclear reserves and non-membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) severely restrict our nuclear supply. Ch*na blocked our NSG membership bid to slowdown our progress as they don't want another competing manufacturing power. Consequently, all our nuclear reactors operate below capacity, and even if we increase their number, we won't be able to fuel them adequately unless we get the NSG membership. The only remaining option is to fast-track our three-stage nuclear program, which eliminates the need to import uranium. In the third stage, fissile uranium is produced from thorium reactions, enabling us to fuel our nuclear plants making the process self sustaining.

[@ganeshdore]

Agree 100 percent 1. Thorium as a fuel was not discussed 2. Plutonium Fast Breeder reactors were not discussed 3. Sea water cooling is probably mandatory ,,,That was not discussed 4. Is investment capital an issue. Perhaps Nuclear is 3X cost per installed MW capacity vs Coal Fired Power Plants ++++++++++++++++++++ Isnt Kudankulam 1000 mw each , 2 working , 2 in construction why harp on 220 MW units.

[@gurdeepsingh1403]

As I can assume there no fast track.. it' will take it's time...

[@ganeshdore]

@@gurdeepsingh1403 Currently 10000 MW Nuclear power is installed with 75 percent availability I think 8000 MW in new plants is coming on line in next 4 years ? Local opposition to Nuclear Power is a huge headache. What does Gurdeep Singh recommend ? Nation did manage to deal with Summer heat this year and meet record power demand. Could have been wayyyyy worse,

[@ganeshdore]

Manoj Singh reply has clarity . ll I would add is Sea water cooling . No Fresh water . Take the transmission grid loss as " cost of doing business "

[@gurdeepsingh1403]

Yes you may right 👍👍👍👍👍

[@madhavpriyo2735]

ARIHANT Bhai, aapke Gyaan ko pranaam hai.

[@praghavkumar4566]

India has rich reserves of Thorium. But due to eagle eye of China and US we are going slow. Once we start Thorium based efficient nuclear reactors with a bang, we have to face other consequences from the super powers

[@ManishSPatel]

Really eyeopener from Dr. Nitendra for creating an awareness on climate change challenges and addressing clean energy. I believe Nuclear program need to expand as quickly as possible. Request government to find out way out for nation energy security. All best Dr. Nitendra and team I with your ideas.

[@anuragshrivastava8737]

Wow such a smart person with so much clarity! would like to see him again.

[@chitrayan4099]

Two things were not touched... 1. Present geopolitical scenario stops supplying fuel grade uranium to India 2. The hypocrisy of NGOs and organisations who advocate for green energy and environment but try their best to stop nuclear power plant project

[@bsnagashetti513]

Wonderful conversation It is high time to switch over to Nuclear energy.

[@rishigarg8069]

I thank Vaad for making such informative podcasts. I really enjoy watching them and actually gaining insights. Keep up the good work!!

[@LakhwinderSingh-vf8jc]

Excellent topic and highly experienced person cleared all doubts

[@shivamsoniiitb]

Proud of you Vaad for making such a nice conversation ❤❤❤....and clearing the Myths

[@sagartahasildar]

Very good podcast. Kudos to Dr Singh ji for providing these details as well as mentioning all the initiatives he and his team is taking in India 🙏🏼

[@VivekSingh-rr3fr]

भाई देखने में इतने साधारण लगते हो परंतु ऐसे असाधारण विचारों पर चर्चा कैसे कर लेते हो 🔥🙏💐

[@arpansaxena137]

देश और दुनिया को परमाणु ऊर्जा की बहुत आवश्यकता है। देश वाशियो को भी इसका महत्व समझा होगा ।

[@vyomchaudhary5929]

Vaad is an amazing podcast, tries to look into the future. Constructively critical. I have a question to the guest (if he can see) 1) Why is our nuclear lobby not pushing for it (I am assuming we don't have a strong lobby) 2) small modular reactors- Can we develop it individually?

[@priyanshsinghal37]

We are making good progess on nuclear. We don't need a lobby for this. SMRs are nice for talk, but developing a cost effective, safe & indigenous SMR is hard

[@scorpionmithun]

Very informative.... thanks Vaad🙏🚩🇮🇳

[@crazydrifter13]

Costs. Delays in construction of plants. Nuclear + renewables are the answer. Most of the power demand is in during the day in India. Hybrid of solar, nuclear, wind almost eliminates need for huge batteries (almost). Ground source cooling & stopping copying glass building designs from abroad will keep energy demand reasonable and availability high for productive use of energy.

[@sreekumarpai6665]

Hats off to this wonderful conversation.

[@anantpawar9980]

Sir, I loved your podcast and guests are coming. Please use more shorts to attract new viewer and traffic. I think it will improve our community.

[@subratmohapatra6658]

VAAD prodcasting is based on ground reality Indian govt should also watch this channel for the reality of ground situation.Vaad is doing excellent work.

[@sandy12890]

Why this kind of discussions are not being made in national media.

[@PRAVEENTOMAR-h5y]

Watching from NPCIL 😊. India should focus on nuclear as soon as possible ⏳. We don't have any other option . One point l wants to correct we are constructing 1000MWs*4 (kknpp) and (700*8) gorakhpur hariyana, kakarapar, rawatbhata, kaiga . Our target is to meet 22 Gw 2030 and many more in the line. Whatever suggestions respected sir is giving india is already working on this. At the end I wanna say that we need support system from public without public support it's very tough to achieve these targets ... Public should understand what's the need of nation qnd instead of resisting plants they should aware people about nuclear energy. See we cannot ignore nuclear 60-70yr fossil fuels may help but what about climate change already crossed 50 degree Celsius and how we will meet our requirements after that ? Nuclear is the only option india has for better transition from fossil to renewable otherwise things can become way worse than anyone can imagine.

[@saikatsamadder5472]

I knew whatever he said long back par mujhe safety k baray mein itna nahi malum tha. thanks!

[@ashoktandon5138]

It's highly enlightening session. Lot more such dissipation of ideas in the nuclear field is needed. We must not waste time any more and start moving in this direction.

[@viralpost8059]

Thank you vaad for bringing him

[@rajatbhardwaj4728]

Good choice of Guest. Keep it up Bro!

[@Anurag_sharma_2_3]

Brother kya podcast tha ❤ it’s really add a good amount of knowledge in my life thanks a lot

[@sidddddddddddddd]

It’s crazy expensive. Salal dam was constructed at a cost of 929 crores and its output is 690 MW which is Rs. 1.34 crore/MW. That means constructing a nuclear power plant is almost 13 times more expensive than hydropower plants

[@OrsoRaggiante]

बहुत खूब...

[@himanshu_Lambat_Patil]

Appreciate vaad for taking Unthinkable topics

[@sharan50000]

Brilliant podcast. Thanks to both of you 👌🏽😊🇮🇳

[@mangesholkar7648]

By heart very very good interview.

[@Indica2658]

Bahot badhiya Podcast Arihantji Jai Hind 🙏🏻

[@AMITPatel-be1lp]

He is not formal staff in ITER . He is just associate and formally such policies are decided by Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India .

[@brajakishorepradhan7229]

So what.Apne log Ghar k। i andarki bat bol te nehin bol sakte nehin

[@biswajitmishra1762]

Private industry want to contribute in nuclear energy but when it comes to insurance part they aren't ready. If this issue resolved they we can achieve any target in record time.

[@AnkitShukla-dr3ol]

Very nice topic picked by VAAD TEAM

[@prevasive1]

Very important topic.. thank you Arihant for doing this podcast

[@avinashkulkarni8559]

Wow...he is our protector

[@Ajhng]

Great to see such videos on your channel

[@arjunsinghchauhan4383]

थोरियम आधारित न्यूक्लियर रिएक्टर डिस्कस नही किया आपने। थोरियम भारत के पास काफी है। इसमें शायद इंडिया कुछ कर रहा है।

[@TarunDhouni]

indian nuclear 3rd Stage mai hai nuclear power plan

[@brajakishorepradhan7229]

Thorium based Nuclear be discussed and acellerated

[@IndicThoughts8]

Hii team vaad Twitted this podcast to pmo let's see what happened. ❤ for topic 👍🙏

[@chandrasekharsantra5440]

India as an individual should work on Fusion rectors besides the ITER program. Because it is the cleanest energy source in the world right now. I surfed on your IYNS website & its good but, you used a wrong map of India where POK & china occupied Ladakh are excluded from the map. & also I'll suggest if you can include internship in BARC besides ITER, that will be very helpful for most of the students in India.

[@mayankagnihotri9804]

It's so good to see U Sir. Regards.

[@rverma5125]

Main problem hai ki uranium (fuel) kahan se aayega??

[@ayushgarg7033]

Ha bt itna difficult bhi nhi h

[@rverma5125]

@@ayushgarg7033 Jo bhi uranium Mila hai uska bomb banana hai, Bijli banana secondary priority hai, I think government bhi yahi sochti hai, Bijli to koyla se ban hi jayegi lekin koyla se bomb nahin banega. Aur global warming ki aisi taisi

[@rscsingh7848]

Jamshedpur se. Baaki huge shortfall will be covered by Thorium. 2 out of 3 phases of Fast Breeder reactors are complete. 😊😊😊

[@the_bhartiya_spirit]

Vaad is way ahead of other podcast ❤

[@historyandmore9555]

Nuclear energy is clean energy, kurzgesagt has made a great video on busting myths around nuclear energy.

[@gandusandu]

Please educate how is hydro power bad you said that at around 30:28

[@utpalkumar5148]

Structure of DAE needs to be reviewed

[@netlokesh]

Good conversation but lacking these essential discussion area - (1) Radiation exposure to people working in the reactor (2) Radiation exposure due to air strike (3) Location of reactor to population considering huge population density and T&D loss.

[@contemporarymatters8106]

Very informative discussion.

[@sayantan777]

We need at least 100GW Nuclear power by 2047 .

[@jimandeka705]

After listening to you sir, only one thing screaming in mind...is desh mein kuch nahi hoyega...

[@rohankapil1730]

😂

[@akarshpandey2560]

Yeh soch ke sath kuch bhi nhi hoga

[@yadav-r]

Exactly. Indians are not ready to accept this, but bro, just look at us. 2100 m bhi India developing nation rahega. painful but truth.

[@priyanshsinghal37]

Modi ke 15 saal mei, Desh mei nuclear mei itna kaam ho rha hai jitna pichle 70 saalo mei nahi hua.

[@966prasad]

Any information regarding thorium based reactors

[@abhinavranga8355]

Nice discussion, informative

[@vijayshankertamrakar2586]

No babudom in this sector. Chairman of DAE is secretary to GOI reporting directly to PM via incharge minister.

[@Jai_Bharat_7000]

Need more awareness on topic like these.

[@niraj2020]

How the supply side of uranium ensured especially processed uranium. Uranium process, raw materials is complicated and assured supply which we depend on other countries. How india going to manage even we faced trouble for BARC, Tarapur and other plants.

[@dr.prabhatpandey4967]

Everytime VAAD comes with a totally new idea for development and vision

[@nityasomaiya5001]

Incredible video

[@kamalgupta5954]

Amazing session ❤

[@petepatel1234]

Very knowledgeable podcast

[@GT-dm8pw]

This gentle man is working on ITER project

[@MrXperx]

Very nice guest.

[@K_ME_sarvottam]

your camera quality is awsome

[@sunilet2009]

Very Good Podcast ..

[@tarasankarsantra7991]

Can we replace a thermal power plant with sodium cooled nuclear power plant?.

[@mak29mba15]

You missed the NGOs which are opposing this with the help of local farmers

[@anujagrawal5243]

What is costing of nuclear power electricity??

[@abhidelight]

Best podcast of india

[@rahuldeshpande1378]

good discussion

[@Pumbasur]

KAPP 3&4 (2X700 MW) are located at Kakrapar in Surat district of Gujarat, adjacent to the existing reactors KAPS 1&2 (2X220 MW). KAPP-4 is the second in the series of sixteen indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each being set up in the country.

[@sharadbravo]

Wokeness to energy create nahi karti, bohot badhiya.

[@kapilsharma2020-cz4iy]

Semiconductor manufacturing ke baare me bhi podcast bnao

[@premkrdas9149]

Sir How Megha Engineering type of company get Neuclear Projects Please make a video on that

[@Electricianians]

Informative

[@ramkumarpandey4865]

Such misleading podcast. Did not discuss anything about the problems of Cost escalation of building plant Time needed to build Security, even Japanese failed here Wartime Safety, we don't have NATO Intensive water requirement Nuclear Waste

[@nannugill89]

Super bro sooo interesting and i awakening podcast

[@hinduwarrior123]

Awesome content, but a few questions : as you said that we are always following trends and technologies but why are we not developing our fast breeder reactors or doing ground breaking research in the same? A doubt : if we have 1000 reactors for which we need to import fuel from the few countries supplying it, it becomes another petroleum and we can be badly arm twisted ! Why don't we use out own Thorium fuel as available around our coasts accounting to 25 % of the total available fuel in the world and developing our local reactors (which was probably abandoned after Homi Bhabha departed) I see that some entity / political party(ies) have deliberately sabotaged our fast breeder reactors program!

[@adi482]

sirji aapka video Nirmalaji tak pohoch gaya, jo bhi ye video mein discuss hua, most of them is mentioned in her speech for nuclear energy!

[@Shivadasank-iq2ql]

Why no thorium?

[@sohamkundu6763]

awesome vaad,thank you,29:00 topic relatable because america made it,in dark knight rises movie it was shown that batman made nuclear reactor for energy but movie villian bane made it nuclear bomb,american government has control of hollywood

[@RatanBala-d4k]

Jay Bharat 🙏 ❤

[@hrushikeshavachat900]

Sir, India has now shifted to 700 MW reactors from 220 MW. So, if we have 4 reactors at one place, we will have around 2.8 GW of electricity from a single location. It's still less than 1000 MW reactor but better than 220 MW.

[@Shivadasank-iq2ql]

There lot availability of thorium then why don't go with?

[@ajaymahara483]

The scientist literally fed the point to the podcaster -" problem kaha hai " . The Indian atomic energy sector and Bureaucracy of India is not filled with lazy and inefficient people . On the contrary - they are way to efficient but cunning . Imagine the loss to coal mafias , companies which make huge dams and other power sector private players if you introduce a low budget and sustainable alternative like nuclear . The famlies which have generational wealth ( live billions and billions of profit from inefficient energy sector ) will take the government down .

[@rahulk1586]

What about development of Thorium reactor!? We have abundance of Thorium