(3) Telangana and AP have one of the largest deposits of uranium and thorium, with around 50% of uranium required in the country coming from the two states. Thorium is found in small amounts in most rocks and soils; it is three times more abundant than tin in the Earth’s crust and is about as common as lead. India is following a threestage nuclear power programme (that was formulated by Dr. Homi Bhabha in the 1950s). The ultimate focus of the programme is on enabling the thorium reserves of India to be utilised in meeting the country’s energy requirements. India has insufficient Uranium reserves of 1-2% of global reserves, but is endowed with one of the largest reserves of Thorium which constitute about 30 %of global reserves. Thorium however is not fissile and can’t be used directly to trigger Nuclear Reaction. But it is ‘fertile’ and what makes it Nuclear Fuel is the fact that its isotope Thorium – 232 can be converted to Uranium-233 which is ‘fissile’. This process of conversion is called‘Transmutation’. To exploit Thorium reserves Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha conceived ‘3 Stage Nuclear Program’