01-30-2011, 08:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2011, 08:24 AM by Bharat_2009.)
[quote name='Arun_S' date='07 January 2011 - 03:44 AM' timestamp='1294351601' post='110171']
One of those rare new reports that states Indian reprocessing capacity.
[url="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pm-to-dedicate-tarapur-nuke-reprocessing-unit-next-week/420362/"]PM to dedicate Tarapur nuke reprocessing unit next week[/url]
From this one can extrapolate Indian WgPu (or even Super Wg stock), using information in this paper.
[url="http://www.indiaresearch.org/Indo-USStrategicDeal.pdf"]Impact of Indo-US Agreement on Indian Strategic Weapon program[/url]
In power generation mode spent fuel has about 0.2 to 0.25% Pu (various isotopes), and in Wg mode its 0.07% WgPu. And 220 MWe plant generates 35 tonnes spent fuel/year, in low burn (Wg making) mode it will generate 210 tonnes. One can the math to figure out maximum possible stockpile in either mode. The reality is somewhere in between and with perhaps 10% of plant capacity and 40% of reprocessing capacity used for so called "other purposes" could be a good estimate.
So now capacity is ramped up from 230 to 330 tonnes. I.e. 760 kg/yr RgPu or 231 kg/Yr WgPu, or 60 Kg/yr Super grade maal.
Estimated amount of fissile material required per warhead type was reported in one of[url="http://www.indiaresearch.org/WayToACredibleDeterrent.pdf"] my articles[/url] in Indian Defense Review.
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Good news !!
From Arun's Artilce "Way to a credible deterrent"
"Analysis of Indian fuel mining and actual consumption indicate that India has large quantity of lightly
irradiated spent fuel from which at least 2,400 Kg weapon grade plutonium can be reprocessed,
which will be enough for about 600 nukes (mix of FBF and TN types)"
By 2020 - India would have enough super grade plutonium for all its SLBMs.
One of those rare new reports that states Indian reprocessing capacity.
[url="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pm-to-dedicate-tarapur-nuke-reprocessing-unit-next-week/420362/"]PM to dedicate Tarapur nuke reprocessing unit next week[/url]
From this one can extrapolate Indian WgPu (or even Super Wg stock), using information in this paper.
[url="http://www.indiaresearch.org/Indo-USStrategicDeal.pdf"]Impact of Indo-US Agreement on Indian Strategic Weapon program[/url]
In power generation mode spent fuel has about 0.2 to 0.25% Pu (various isotopes), and in Wg mode its 0.07% WgPu. And 220 MWe plant generates 35 tonnes spent fuel/year, in low burn (Wg making) mode it will generate 210 tonnes. One can the math to figure out maximum possible stockpile in either mode. The reality is somewhere in between and with perhaps 10% of plant capacity and 40% of reprocessing capacity used for so called "other purposes" could be a good estimate.
So now capacity is ramped up from 230 to 330 tonnes. I.e. 760 kg/yr RgPu or 231 kg/Yr WgPu, or 60 Kg/yr Super grade maal.
Estimated amount of fissile material required per warhead type was reported in one of[url="http://www.indiaresearch.org/WayToACredibleDeterrent.pdf"] my articles[/url] in Indian Defense Review.
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Good news !!
From Arun's Artilce "Way to a credible deterrent"
"Analysis of Indian fuel mining and actual consumption indicate that India has large quantity of lightly
irradiated spent fuel from which at least 2,400 Kg weapon grade plutonium can be reprocessed,
which will be enough for about 600 nukes (mix of FBF and TN types)"
By 2020 - India would have enough super grade plutonium for all its SLBMs.