one strategy india can continue to pursue is to exploit its vast thorium resources along with developing the required fast breeder and heavy water reactor technologies this would facilitate selfsufficiency over the entire nuclear chain relying on imported uranium to fuel light water reactors lwr can be an alternative strategy for indias nuclear future which does not require the development of the more complex nuclear technology chain as needed for thorium the use of uranium would initially require imported reactors later to be replaced by indian designed reactors given the size of the indian market it is worthwhile to develop an indian equipment industry for solarpv and csp and for td equipment