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100			_aRamana,M V
245			_aThe Power of Promise _b: Examining Nuclear Energy in India _c/ M V Ramana
260			_aNew Delhi _b:Penguin India _c,2012.
300			_a366p. _c24cm.
520			_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.
650			_aSocial Science
650			_aEconimics
650			_a nuclear power
650			_afinancial budgets
700			_aRamana,M V
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