01382nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000150009224500770010726000390018430000190022352008550024265000200109765000150111765000190113265000220115170000150117320260710130050.0260710b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670081707  a333.792 RAM  aRamana,M V  aThe Power of Promiseb: Examining Nuclear Energy in Indiac/ M V Ramana   aNew Delhib:Penguin Indiac,2012.   a366p. c24cm.   aNuclear power has been held out as possibly the most important source of energy for India, and the dream of a nuclear powered India has been supported by huge financial budgets and high level political commitment for over six decades. Nuclear power has also been held out as safe environmentally begin and cheap. Physicist and writer M.V. Ramana shows that nuclear power has been more expensive than conventional forms of electricity generation, that the ever-present risk of catastrophic accidents is heightened by observed organizational inadequacies at nuclear facilities and that existing nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been correlated with impacts on public health and the environment. He offers detailed information and analysis that should serve to deepen the debate about whether India should indeed embark on a massive nuclear programme.  aSocial Science   aEconimics   a nuclear power  afinancial budgets  aRamana,M V