The author of the article cited below mislead me. After checking his sources, it seems India is not building a reactor based on the concept energy amplification. They are building a prototype commercial fast breeder reactor and the only thing it has in common with Carlo Rubbia's proposal is that they both use thorium.
Harry > > Carlo Rubbia originated the idea of the energy amplifier. > http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue411/labnotes.html > The paragraph below came from the link above. > > Harry > > > "At the Bhaba Atomic Research Center near Kalpakkam, nuclear eggheads like > Anil Kakodkar have been noodling with thorium since 1995, and are currently > building a pilot plant to work the bugs out of Carlo Rubbia's design. If all > goes well, the reactor should begin producing continuous power by the end of > the decade, and should pave the way for nine commercial workhorses due to > come online between 2010 and 2020. If the scheme worksand there's no > scientific reason why it shouldn'tit could well pave the way for a global > migration to fission technology safe enough for urban areas and Third World > dictatorships. So, far from ignoring the problem or playing the politics of > half-measures, India is positioning itself for the realities of Kyoto and > the decline of fossil fuels, and plans to be a leader in 21st century energy > technology. I say, more power to 'em!" > >
