Anil Kakodkar wants govt to follow France, China on nuclear power addition

Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar has called for emulating France and China to add nuclear power capacity so that we become self-sufficient in energy.

The noted nuclear scientist while appreciating the ongoing efforts to augment nuclear power capacity, said the pace in which it needs to go forward is lacking.

“We need to ramp up our nuclear power capacities the way France or even for that matter, China did many years back,” Kakodkar told PTI in an interview on the sidelines of his book launch.