The madras High Court judgement on clearing the kudankulam nuclear reactors is based on misinformation as the foundation for

coming to the most harmdful judgement on Nuclear safety.First of all there is no detailed analysis of a nuclear plant Disaster scenario prepared in tune witrh international standards followed in Japan ansd USA by keeping the Emergency planning Zone to 30 km.in Japan and 80km.in USA.There was nostudy on feasibility of implementation of Evacuation of people upto 40km.as followed recwently for the Fukushima Explosion in March,2011 which cost the Government Rs.4 lakhs crores for compensating victims of the accident as estimated recently by japan.the authorities have not worked out any detailed plans to decommission the Nuclear plant after its life span is over.Without going into all these risks and without appointing an amicus curiae,the court has made a hasty decision which if implemented will ruin trhe public health and environment including the marine resources prof.T.Shivaji Rao Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 14:10 IST Most respectfully, I wish to say that no Nuclear Power plant can be guaranteed to be safe. The Hindu of March 9, 2012 published a report of a meeting with the Press held by German nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace laureate Hans-Peter Duerr. According to the report, "... Duerr is as clear on his anti-nuclear standpoint as his advocacy of solar and other alternative sources for energy security." Dr Duerr said that nuclear energy could never be a safe or sustainable option for mankind and any claims to the contrary were "nonsensical," and "it was impossible to completely vouch for the safety of a nuclear reactor [and] even if one worked out safeguards for imagined threat scenarios, nuclear waste and its safe disposal was an even bigger problem." Dr Duerr further said, "propaganda that technologies to tap alternative energy sources are complex and costly is baseless". At present "renewable energy" is getting only scant govt encourageent.
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witan Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 17:52 IST It is the most welcomable one to get rid of the power shortage in TAMIL NADU.And the center should give all the produced power to Tamil nadu.
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MUTHU KUMAR E Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 17:52 IST I just want to remind that last July India has faced two major power grid failure because of overconsumption of power by some of the states.Our electricity requirement is increasingly significantly in last few years.India has also a vision to electrify all the villages in next few years.Considering all these points, one thing is sure that India needs to increase its total electricity production otherwise there will be situation in which we will have frequent grids failure.To improve total electricity production we have to support the initiative of government of India,finally the benefits are shared by Indians only.
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ritesh Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 18:14 IST It is a wise decision. With the present know-how renewable energy cannot meet the demand leave alone the future. It is prudent to think how effectively we can oversee the running of the nuclear plants. GOI can take a leaf or two from 'Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission' in this regard.
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Sundar Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 21:15 IST

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democracy is a myth in this country.India has deteriorated so badly that even peaceful protesters are attacked both physically and mentally by the power authorities as well as some stupid citizens who might not even know the ABC of the nuclear dynamics. they are too happy to know that its a big project and hence they blindly assume it to be good. its a strange world really.. people think that whatever is big in terms of money and power is good. that way the western countries like the US should be the most happiest. but the statistics don't seem to say so. these countries are facing the biggest dilemmas. i don't know how people can't have an ability to think and make judgement for themselves than just following western technologies blindly. even the simple village folk from kudankulam are wise enough to understand the problems that may arise from such projects but the so called educated middle class is totally blind about these. it speaks volumes about our education system.. rajani k Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 21:27 IST @witan, Perhaps Dr Duerr should also explain to us how to dispose off Solar cell waste (including the batteries) which is contaminated with such dangerous elements such as Arsenic, and how one can prevent or reduce pollution due to the energy dense silicon refining required for manufacturing Solar cells. He should also explain how these Solar cells can be maintained in the Indian environment which is prone to dust. Dr. Duerr should also explain to us cheap way of manufacturing solar cells that can provide an energy output of 200 GW plus the current deficit of 1200 GW. The largest solar field located at Mojave desert in California, by comparison, only produces some 0.3 GW of power.
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Padmakumar Rao Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 21:31 IST No amount of flat base loaded nukes can ever save massive blackouts caused by lack of sufficient hydro capacity and grid management to cater to load changes.I tend to agree with others who have written exposing the misinfo re nukes on the basis of which nuclear power programme is being persisted with. In my opinion the cumulative effects of dams is the latest unacceptable danger posed to nukes as we go on with our nuke programme. As happened at Fukushima this cumulative surge effect of dams may result in a nuclear explosion effect shattering the Kudankulam nukes resulting in meltdown. Note that this is irrespective of whether previously a big quake had occurred near Kudan or not. It is dependent on the dynamic disequilibrium forces of the dams (in the present state of the grids of the world) which are in the process of finding a fulcrum at the next quake hypocenter, that a violent shake may occur at Kudankulam or any other nuclear reactor fortuitiously located. This a glaring lacuna.
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Ramaswami Kumar Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 21:49 IST It is a most welcome decision by the honorable High court! Hopefully the KNPP can start producing much needed electricity at the earliest. In a country of 1.2 billion people most of whom do not have any electricity or at best occasional supply it is the urgent need to produce power as that is the life blood of the growth and development. In India there is room for all sources such as coal (however polluting it may be), gas, hydro, solar, wind and nuclear. I am glad to see that India has embarked on massive expansion of solar power, however the production capacity of a solar plant is nowhere near that of a coal or nuclear power plant. Hence India needs all with a judicious mix keeping in mind environmental and cost concerns.
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Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 22:10 IST Dear readers, the electricity consumption is not incresing, it is the unnecessary use, in clear sense, misuse of electricity by pursuing life style commodities like air conditioner like consumer durables which can be avoidable to most of us from our day to day use. It is unfortunate that the authority tries to put blinker on the eyes of coastal people who are not releaved from the trouma created by the Tsunami in the neiboring cost of Andhra and nearby districts of Tamilnadu and Kerala few years before. Multi speciallity hospitals, CBSE schools and sources for repairing fishing boat is the necessity of thousands of people those who lives in fear and still continue their nonviolence struggle for defending their right to life. If nuclear power plant is totally safe why we want to conduct mandatory security drill in the nearby villages? The issue is still saftly for the human life, ecology and and question of traditional livelihood of thousand of coastal community. Appade Rajeevan Posted on: Aug 31, 2012 at 23:55 IST Judiciary in India is weak. It is a known fact that not only the people near Koodankulam are going to be affected but the country as a whole will be affected by Nuclear Power Plants since it is not safe at all.
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Other countries knowing well the dangers have stopped Nuclear Power Plants they are not fools to do so. You have right before your eyes what has happened in Japan. Still the radiation are being emitted into the atmosphere there. Shekar Posted on: Sep 1, 2012 at 07:19 IST There is lot of misinformation afloating around about Nuclear power. I was also one of the victims of that when i didn't look into the hidden facts. There are many shocking truths which don't appear in main stream media. Governments have been saying its safe but as per the data provided by BARC, rather the data acquired by RTI activist Chetan Katre, 1930 scientists and employees died between 1995 to 2010, who exposed to radiation, out of which 193 people committed suicide due to mental illness and others died due to other occupational illnesses like heart problem, cancers and etc. We are scientific enough to protect our environment from nuclear radiation. One of the whistle blowers from Australia who works in olympic dam of BHP Billiton exposed how the company and Government officials were hiding the facts from the public. Where is all this power going ultimately? 44% indians are still in dark. 38% total power is consuming by the industries. Its profit over the people. Nothing else.
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Sreekanth Posted on: Sep 1, 2012 at 08:29 IST If government and scientific communnity is sure about the safty of the nuclear plant, why do they want to conduct safety drill in the nearby villages? People those who stage their protest in the site areas are concerned on the impact of nuclear power plant in thier health and surroundingg ecology.
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Appade Rajeevan Posted on: Sep 1, 2012 at 11:06 IST The Madras High Court verdict on Koodamkulam appears to be a travesty of justice, one of the worst, so to say. The Bench appears to have blindly believed the report of the Expert Committee appointed by the State Government which has avowed that enormous safety measures had been taken by the government. This is borne out by the observation of the Bench that there is absolutely no reason to disbelieve the report of the Expert Committee appointed by the State Government.And the Expert Committee, among other things, has even gone to the extent of saying that historically there had never been a big earthquake or tsunami in the Kudankulam area. What a wonderful stroke scientific genius is this?! Was there any history of tsunami in Velankanny or Marina beach in Chennai, or of hurricanes or cyclones or tornadoes in places hit by Katrinas and Issacs?! One can understand the level to which a government committee can stoop. But if the learned juries begin to accept their words as reliable truth or fact, one is at a loss to see where to turn for justice. One reads that the court also concurred with former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalams suggestion to establish a multispecialty hospital with all facilities in the area, apart from establishing various schools with the CBSE and State government syllabus with hostel facilities. In his infinite compassion Abdul Kalam has also recommended providing infrastructural facilities to fishermen for the repair of their mechanised boats and all these have been underlined by the Bench. One cannot find a more inane and ludicrous suggestion than this; the less comments on it the better. The only option left for the people of the area is to take the matter again to the court of the people and carry on nonviolent resistance with perseverance. Let the Jury be reminded that in democracy vox populi is vox Dei
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Prof.M.P.Mathai