[jrmenon]

Was wondering if the headline was misleading in mentioning 'uranium free'...

Incidentally India's 3-stage plan is meant to use its vast Thorium deposits in the 3rd stage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%27s_three-stage_nuclear_p...

which eventually uses Pu-239 from the fast-breeder reactors (2nd stage) as the neutron source to take it to the 3rd stage.

IIRC, the original plan predicted to reach the 3rd stage in the 90s', but due to various sanctions, it is still stuck in the first stage; probably it will speed up now due to the Indo-US nuclear deal during the 2nd term of the Bush administration.