Amid a raging debate on atomic energy, scientists are busy designing nuclear reactors that can be located in the heart of the city and construction on which may begin within the next five years.
The much-delayed 300-MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), which has been on the design table for nearly a decade, has several in-built safety features that would allow the power plant to be located even in densely populated areas.
“The AHWR has a number of in-built safety features that would require very little exclusion zone and can be built right in the heart of the city,” Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) director (technical) Shiv Abhilash Bhardwaj said here.
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