India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Deployment of thorium-based power at scale in the country in a manner so as to ensure a long term self-sustainable indigenous power production is one of the cornerstones of the Indian three stage nuclear power programme. Its advantages in the long-term energy scenario have been well established. Thorium based reactors are also expected to produce less amounts of long-lived nuclear wastes as compared to uranium-based reactors. Molten salt reactor (MSR) is envisaged as one of suitable technologies for thorium utilization. The molten salt breeder reactor (MSBR) using thorium-based fuel, which are expected to be deployed in the third stage, operates at near atmospheric pressure. ...