2002 · Q35
Consider the following statements regarding the Nuclear Power Programme of India:
- 1Pressurised heavy water reactors have been set up at Kaiga (Karnataka) and Rawatbhata (Rajasthan).
- 2Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata is one of the five Research Centres under the Department of Science and Technology.
- 3India has a vast resource of Thorium and the third stage of Indian Nuclear Power Programme envisages the use of Thorium for power generation.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
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- A2 only
- B1 and 2
- C1 and 3
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Pressurised heavy water reactors were indeed set up at Kaiga (Karnataka) and Rawatbhata (Rajasthan) — statement 1 is correct. The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, functions under the Department of Atomic Energy, not the Department of Science and Technology — statement 2 is wrong. India's three-stage nuclear power programme envisages using its vast thorium reserves (as U-233) in the third stage — statement 3 is correct. Hence 1 and 3 are correct — (C).