Faced with an acute shortage of uranium to run existing power stations, the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd started shutting down individual power units. With the nuclear deal taking more and more time, the Indian program has to depend on domestic uranium supplies which show few signs of matching the efficiency of reactors. In short, the choking of the indigenous program due to fuel shortage is soon becoming a reality. Sources admitted that the option of importing uranium was becoming increasingly vital given the kind of expansion planned.
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