Ahhhh.... Anil Kakodkar is very careful to not state what is the specific target # that he promises India will exceed!!!!Gerard wrote:India may exceed 2020 nuclear power target: Kakodkar
I am very sure India will exceed the Nuclear Energy target that was set in the Five year plan for 2020, because that target was based on all indigenous nuclear power plants (with the assumption that NSG will keep it ints straight jacket), and not taking into account post Nuclear Deal situation of liberal orders for 40GWe Light Water Reactors. Even the most incompetent government administrator will exceed old nuclear power target for 2020. What is there for Shri Kakodkar/DAE to crow about that?
Of course the target that BARC under the leadership of Shri Kakodkar set out a power point presentation few months ago to win over resistance to India-US civil nuclear deal, to build by 2020 additional 40,000MWe nuclear power from imported LWR nuclear plants and fuel supplies. I am sure as hell that Shri Kakodkar and his sarkari team mates will never commit to the 40,000 MWe from LWR by 2020, simply because the number in the said power point was well .... .. . just a number pulled form thin air to look good on power point presentation. In reality it is impossible to add 40 GWe from LWR by 2020 (which is just 11 year away).
It poorly reflects character of Shri Kakodkar in being afraid to clearly state in this self-congratulatory interview what is the target figure that DAE will meet or exceed by 2020?
I will be happy to eat humble pie and crow if Kakodkar and his team can deliver by 2020, what he said will deliver in his famous power point presentation. I am sure I will never end up breaking my vow to live as a vegetarian.
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Added later: So there is no creditability to Kakodkars powerpoint projection of additional 40GWe power to Indian electricity grid from LWR by 2020. That claim mirrors the on-paper credibility of Indian Thermo Nuclear deterrence based on RChidambaram's Venn diagram.