India's nuclear program using Thorium is legendary.

India's nuclear program using Thorium is legendary.

This is a thorium crystal.

India has the world's largest deposits of Thorium. Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element that can replace Uranium for nuclear fuel. India's Nuclear program also consists of using Thorium (232) instead of Uranium (Uranium 238).

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Thorium is also safer, is much more abundant and has greater potential of generating energy.

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This is the reserve in tonnes according to IAEA

• India: 519,000; 21%
• Australia: 489,000; 19%
• USA: 400,000; 13%
• Turkey: 344,000; 11%
• Venezuela: 302,000; 10%
• Brazil: 302,000; 10%
• Norway: 132,000; 4%
• Egypt: 100,000; 3%
• Russia: 75,000; 2%
• Greenland: 54,000; 2%
• Canada: 44,000; 2%
• South Africa: 18,000; 1%
• "Other countries": 33,000; 2%
• "World total": 2,810,000

Distribution of Thorium in India

India's nuclear program is the best known nuclear programme using Thorium.

Even most of the research on nuclear programs using Thorium is done by India.

You can also refer to the following:

• India's three-stage nuclear power programme
• stanford.edu
  Thorium in India
• Reserve estimates of thorium around the world
• Hanith Konkimalla's answer