‘The challenge of sustainable development requires integration of quest for economic development with environmental concerns’. Comprehend the statement in relation to the development of non conventional sources of energy in India by giving suitable example.

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Nuclear energy is replacing the conventional sources in India. Do you think it as a viable energy source of energy in future keeping in view the availability of nuclear minerals in India.

‘The challenge of sustainable development requires integration of quest for

economic development with environmental concerns’. This statement is explained below:

● The term development is used to describe the state of a particular society and the process of change experienced by them.

● The state of the societies has been determined by the interaction process between humans and their physical environment.

● The concept of Sustainable development was introduced in the 1960s in the Western world.

● Sustainable development means taking care of the ecological, economic and social aspects of development during the present Times along with the conservation of resources to allow the future generations to use these resources.

● Sustainable energy resources are renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, tidal, biomass and geothermal.

● These are equally distributed and are environmentally friendly.

● Although the initial cost is high, the subsequent cost is extremely low.

● The traditional methods of using energy have led to a large quantity of waste and created many environmental problems.

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● Nuclear energy has emerged as a viable source in recent times.

● For the generation of nuclear energy uranium and Thorium are used.

● Uranium deposits occur in the Dharwar rocks in Udaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu, Durg, Bhandara, and Kullu.

● Thorium is obtained from monazite and ilmenite in the beach sand along the coast of Kerala and Tamilnadu.

● World's richest monazite deposit is found in Palakkad and Kollam districts of Kerala, near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Mahanadi river delta in Odisha.

● The atomic energy commission was set up in 1948. Progress could be made only after the establishment of the atomic energy institute at Trombay in 1954 which was later renamed as the Bhabha Atomic research center in 1967.

● The most important projects are at Tarapur in Maharashtra, Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan, Narora in Uttar Pradesh, and Kalpakkam in Tamilnadu.