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GE officials have made visits to India to review the development of nuclear technology, India after the earthquake and tsunami last March 11. Executive Director of GE's Jeffrey Immelt acknowledged Japanese nuclear disaster becomes a negative signal and discourage some countries to add a new reactor. "We want to convince India," said Jeffrey Imelt he said. President Director Steve Bolze GE confirmed it. "We want to see the industry as a whole, the details of what happened in India," Bolze said on Wednesday (16 / 3) yesterday in an interview. "There will be many discussions, and we're part of that process." he said. Previously, the three reactors at the plant Fukushima Dai-Ichi Japanese use the GE design, including its No. 1 that were damaged. This unit began operating in 1971. Tokyo Electric Power Co. as an operator and manager of the factory complex Dai-Ichi is a subsidiary of GE's businesses in Japan that is engaged in the procurement of nuclear energy along with Hitachi Ltd. with share ownership 60-40. Chairman of the Nuclear Power Corp of India Shreyans Kumar Jain admitted in Mumbai Japan disaster could be a major obstacle in India's nuclear program. Moreover, India has planned $ 175 billion for nuclear power in state spending until 2030. "There will be some slowdown," he said. Responding to the possibility of falling demand for nuclear energy, GE now has allocated U.S. $ 37.5 billion for the development of other energy businesses like solar, wind, biogas and natural gas-fired turbines. This is done over a decade of consideration necessary to complete the nuclear plant. Currently, GE has produced nine versions of boiling water reactor design. Latest Development of boiling water reactor is sold to Japan in 1996. The latest version Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor is currently awaiting final certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Immelt after his visit to India on March 14, then mention it was too early to predict the future of nuclear power India and elsewhere. "We just have to let the discovery took place," he said. "Let the people and countries to reach their own conclusions." | |
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