AEH, Tubestar Plan Nuclear Desalination Plant

Green World Water, a subsidiary of Alternate Energy Holding (AEH) in the US, has signed an agreement with Tubestar Oil and Gas to develop a nuclear-powered desalination plant in India.

The proposed plant will use Green World Water reactors to produce clean water from salty water, serving up to one million people a day.

AEH said the fresh water will cost between 35¢ and 65¢ per cubic metre compared with coal, natural gas and wind-based desalination, which cost between $2 and $12 per cubic metre.

The reactors can produce power to process water to fill a reservoir 2km wide, 0.6km long and 10m deep every month.