Captain Rejects Nuclear Power Plant In Punjab

[kurtas]

Good job we have a sensible politician. SS Mann also wanted a nuclear power plant set up. Good job Manns party will never come to power.

CM says no to nuclear power plant, snubs Dullo

Chander Parkash

Tribune News service

Patiala, November 3

In a significant development that could have far-reaching political consequences, the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said no nuclear power plant would be set up in the state. He also snubbed the state Congress chief, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, by saying that he (Mr Dullo) was not in the government and hence he was not supposed to take interest in such issues.

Capt Amarinder Singh, who presided over a meeting in the local medical college in the evening, said Punjab was a small state and no government could allow any disaster to take place by setting up a nuclear power plant in it.

When asked why Mr Dullo had been stressing for setting up a nuclear power plant in the state, he first said Mr Dullo was having his own opinion in that connection.

When asked that difference of opinion between him and Mr Dullo would send wrong signals to the people, he said such issues were supposed to be looked after by the state government and Mr Dullo was not in the government.

Mr Dullo has been making repeated statements favouring the setting up of a nuclear power plant in Punjab to overcome the shortage of electricity.

The best solution to overcome shortage of power was to set up hydro-electric projects in association with hilly states, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttranchal and others, Capt Amarinder Singh said.

He added he had been talking to the chief ministers of these states in that connection and he was hopeful that it would become a reality one day. He said apart from it, a number of thermal and hydro-electric projects were being set up in Punjab.

To another question, he said the state government was going to hold a special session of the Assembly in November or December to hold a debate over the development and law and order situation in the state.

He claimed the achievements of the Congress government in the past three years were much more than those of the previous SAD-BJP combine government in the entire term of five years.

In connection with the unbundling of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), he said though power reforms were mandatory under the national Act, he had asked the people concerned to look into the fact whether the unbundling would suit Punjab or not and find out the option that would suit the state the most. He said the Punjab Government would not hurry in this case.

[Raju]

Nuclear Power Plant in Punjab is a security risk.

[mann_kaum_layee_qurbaan]

DANG!

Better keep that generator at home then....stinking electricity goes out all the time. Would have been nice to have 24-7 electricity man. In the summer the mosquitoes kill ya, and no i don't live in some backward pind, the lights go off in the developed towns and cities as well.

Hydroelectric power, with what?! with the dried up rivers of PUnjab? You need water for hydroelectric power, i hope they put H2O in their power calculations. Can't be sure with these punjab politicians these days.

security risk? How long is Punjab going to be a security risk, for eternity?

[Gupt daasan daas]

punjaab shud be runnnin on hydro power

but i guess the fact tha punjaab, the lan dof five RIVERS, has no water makes tha a problem

bhula chuka maf

[Raju]

Captain is already giving free power in Punjab, only state to give free power, to massage the egos of all our Khalistani bros/uncleje/auntyje and all wannabe Khalistani bros/uncleje/auntyje, though he does not state so loudly one can easily make it out.

It does not matter where Power is produced, because power can be trasnported from across states as far as 1000 kms away pretty easily due to the National power grid. The only caveat is that power should be produced.

Hydroelectricty is cheap, but unreliable...and it has to be backed up by thermal or Nuclear power during periods when hydroelectric plants are functioning at low efficiency (because of lack of water or Maintenance). This lack of backup thermal power is why Punjab has low frequency during peak and certain off peak hours which causes load shedding.

[Balwinder Singh]

Punjab also produces a lot of hydro-electric power which feeds a major part of north india. The only thing is punjab doesn't get a proper share because whole of the electricity is given to cities like chandigarh and delhi.

Whats the use of 'free' power if u get major power cutts which are sometime weeks long???

What do ya think??

""The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) is presently India's largest-capacity hydropower generator."

[Balwinder Singh]

Also veer ji.....come to punjab if u wanna know the real problem. Sometime we do not get electricity for weeks. And its really hard....beleive me.

[Gupt daasan daas]

ya ivr seeen tha too

mad electricty problem down thee

and it shudnthave tha problem int he first place

bhula chuka maf

[Raju]

Punjab also produces a lot of hydro-electric power which feeds a major part of north india. The only thing is punjab doesn't get a proper share because whole of the electricity is given to cities like chandigarh and delhi.

Whats the use of 'free' power if u get major power cutts which are sometime weeks long???

What do ya think??

""The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) is presently India's largest-capacity hydropower generator."

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Veera there is something called "base load" and "peak load".

Hydroelectric power is a good "peak load' power generator but it is a weak "base load" power producer.

For "base load" one needs good solidly built thermal power plant that can be counted to work 24 x 7 or whenever required during peak hours.

Usually what all countries do is to mix cheaper "peak load" hydroelectric power with the more expensive "thermal power" to lower electricity costs.

You must realize that producing hydroelectric power is very cheap, but unreliable (it cannot be produced continuously for 24 hours). Tunnels that carry water, and generators that generate power are shut down from time-to-time for overhaul and repair. So you need some solid "thermal power" to back you up during periods when hydroelectric power is not being produced due to repair and overhauling (pretty common in hydroelectric power plant).

OTH thermal power (whether nuclear or fossil fuel) have large fuel dumps that give enough fuel to continuously power the plant for weeks together without a break. So these reliable power plants are used for producing "base load" power.

Since India is about to sign a deal with NSG for membership (with US support) almost 20 new nuclear power plants are going to be set up. It was about the location of these that Captain was talking about.

Whats the use of 'free' power if u get major power cutts which are sometime weeks long???

Boss that is due to slackness of PSEB. Also since power is free in rural areas, the rural transformers will be fed with power only on "off peak" hours.

[Harmeet Singh]

Veera there is something called "base load" and "peak load".

Hydroelectric power is a good "peak load' power generator but it is a weak "base load" power producer.

For "base load" one needs good solidly built thermal power plant that can be counted to work 24 x 7 or whenever required during peak hours.

thats a wrong information

Hydro-electric is the fastest to respond to increasing power demands, reaching full power in about two to three minutes. These plants can provide both base load and peak load demands for power, at a relatively low cost but are limited by the amount of water available.

In case of Punjab being the riparian state it is not even given the its rightful demand of electricity. The electricity produced by BBMB is illegaly sent to Harayana and Delhi. Not only that the BSNL tunnel made from Pandoh to Sundernagar in Himachal Pradesh is illegal and defines all the riparian laws.( A useful tactic by india to dump the beas into sutlej for bhakra)

Usually what all countries do is to mix cheaper "peak load" hydroelectric power with the more expensive "thermal power" to lower electricity costs.

It depends in case of punjab the POng, Bhakra , and Dehar are the 24 /7 working plants.

You must realize that producing hydroelectric power is very cheap, but unreliable (it cannot be produced continuously for 24 hours).

Wrong information

Tunnels that carry water, and generators that generate power are shut down from time-to-time for overhaul and repair. So you need some solid "thermal power" to back you up during periods when hydroelectric power is not being produced due to repair and overhauling (pretty common in hydroelectric power plant).

ie in case you have one turbine. Bhakra has two power plants (more than 10 turbines) both produce huge energy. Dehar and Pong also produce a lot without any huge interruption.

The rest of the info becomes unreliable