India is an important member of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor'. If this experiment succeeds, what is the immediate advantage for India?

States that thorium was used for breeding nuclear fuel (uranium) and is associated with specific reactor use, implying thorium typically requires fuel-cycle steps (breeding/processing) to be a reactor fuel.

A student could combine this with the basic fact that ITER is a fusion experiment and ask whether success in fusion directly removes the need for thorium fuel-cycle infrastructure (it does not), to judge immediacy.

Says India is largely dependent on other countries for the supply of uranium, highlighting that fuel supply and international relationships affect reactor fuel use.

A student could infer that switching fuels depends on supply chains and agreements, so ITER success alone would not instantly change import/deployment realities.

Describes geographic occurrence of thorium (monazite/ilmenite in beach sands) showing domestic resource availability but also that thorium is found in specific minerals needing extraction.

A student could combine this with the basic idea that resource presence still requires mining and processing capacity before thorium can replace uranium commercially.

Notes uranium and thorium are both used for generating nuclear power, indicating thorium is an alternative fuel but not necessarily a drop-in replacement.

A student might use the basic fact that different fuels often need different reactor types or fuel-cycle steps to question whether ITER success (in fusion) would immediately permit swapping fuels in existing fission reactors.

Explains IAEA's role in promoting peaceful use and inspecting civilian reactors, pointing to regulatory and international oversight factors in nuclear fuel use.

A student could reason that even technological breakthroughs interact with regulatory/inspection regimes, so policy and safeguards could delay any immediate fuel transition.