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Call for nuclear review

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published Published on Apr 1, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 1, 2011
A group of citizens including several senior scientists has called on the Centre to review its nuclear power policy for appropriateness, safety, costs, and public acceptance, and conduct an independent and transparent safety audit of its nuclear facilities.

The group, including P. Balaram, director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, economist Jean Dreze, and A. Gopalakrishnan, the former director of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, has said that while this review is pending, there should be a moratorium on all further nuclear activity.

The group which also includes historians and sociologists has said the review should involve experts from outside the department of atomic energy and civil society organisations. Auditors need to be from outside, said Balaram.

“The Japanese nuclear crisis is a wakeup call for India,” the group said in a statement. “Yet our DAE has cavalierly minimised it... and declared that Indian reactors cannot undergo serious accidents.”

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had earlier this week called for accountability and transparency in the nuclear power programme.

The Telegraph, 1 April, 2011, http://telegraphindia.com/1110401/jsp/nation/story_13795607.jsp


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