M V Ramana to talk on what nuclear energy means for India

MUMBAI: Few years back before solar energy took centre stage, it was nuclear energy which was considered an important source of energy to meet the huge electricity demand deficit in India. So has nuclear energy lost its relevance as a source of energy, though not for defence and healthcare needs?

The net generating capacity of India today stand sat 6.2 gig a watts (GW), however, it is nowhere close to its ambi - ti oust ar gets set years ago. To understand the role of this energy in the future, NMIMS-FPJ in association with Tata Power is organ is in ga webinar talk wit hM V Ram ana, Simons

Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security; and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia. He will interact with Dr. Ma yank Va hi a, Dean, School of Mathematical Science, Ex Professor TI FR along with RN Bhaskar of FPJ.

This web in ar‘ The Future of Nuclear Energy’ will be held at 10 am on July 1, 2020. This webinar is par t of the series ‘T he Future of Energy’.

According to the IAEA, the contribution of nuclear in electricity production in 2019 was 3.2 per cent, while the share of non-nuclear is 96.8 per cent in India . India is home to 22 nuclear re actors which are operational and has another seven nuclear re actors which are under construction.

If the under construction nuclear re actors are completed, India will have an ad di ti on al4.8GW generating capacity. However, adding new capacities will take much longer than anticipated in India with growing public resistance.