Bhavnagar

September 12, 2012

Nuclear Power Protest Killings, the new Normal in India – After Jaitapur, Kudankulam sees Police Firing

Future of Nuclear Plants in India The new nuclear power plants that are coming up in India are facing strong protests by local people worried about […]
August 1, 2012

Indian Nuclear Accidents remain Shrouded in Secrecy and Opacity

One of the crowning achievements (if you can call that) of the current Government in India was the pact with USA which removed India from the […]
June 23, 2011

Nuclear Power in India Issues – High Costs,Health Hazards,Massive Delays and Not in My Backyard Protests

India has set a target of 20 GW of Nuclear Energy by 2020 from around 5 GW now and has already signed deals with major nuclear equpment suppliers like Areva,GE-Hitachi and Toshiba.However the Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima has changed things on the ground with protests growing by the day.Note only are the proposed nuclear reactors at Jaitapur facing massive protests,even the existing nuclear power plants in India are seeing locals raising their voices.Recently many prominent citizens of India signed a protest letter against the upcoming Jaitapur plants.Note the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power has been debated on for a long time.The catastropic risk of a nuclear reactor meltdown is the biggest con of nuclear energy and has made it intolerable in a number of countries.After Japan has decided to kill nulcear power in the country,other progressive countries like Germany,Italy and Switzerland too are going to switch off nuclear reactors once the life of the existing plants are over.