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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt introduces Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill by Liz Mathew

Govt introduces Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill by Liz Mathew

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published Published on Sep 8, 2011   modified Modified on Sep 8, 2011

The government on Wednesday introduced the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Bill seeking to create two regulatory bodies as part of measures to strengthen safety at the country’s atomic power plants, fulfilling an assurance given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the aftermath of Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March.

The government had said on 26 April it would draft a Bill to create an independent and autonomous regulator that would subsume the existing Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

The legislation assumes significance as it comes at a time when the government is contemplating a greater role for the private sector as it pushes for higher reliance on nuclear power. Singh is betting on nuclear energy as an alternative to power from coal to meet demand in Asia’s second fastest growing major economy. India in April reaffirmed its plans to boost atomic generation about 13-fold by 2030 even as countries from Germany to Japan reviewed or scaled back their programmes in the wake of the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago.

The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha by minister of state in Prime Minister’s Office, V. Narayanasamy, provides for the “establishment of the Council of Nuclear Safety to oversee and review the policies with respect to radiation safety, nuclear safety and other matters,” said the objects and reasons cited in the Bill.

This council will constitute an appellate authority with a Supreme Court judge or a high court chief justice as chairperson and two eminent scientists to consider appeals against orders of NSRA. The proposed regulator will have the power to stop construction work and order an operating nuclear plant to shut down operations in case of any disaster.

However, the proposed legislation, which will now be scrutinized by a parliamentary standing committee before it comes up for discussion and passage in Parliament, provides the Union government powers to supersede the regulatory body. The Bill also comes in the wake of opposition parties’ demands to shut down a 9,900 megawatts nuclear power plant in Maharashtra’s Jaitapur over safety and land acquisition concerns.

Bloomberg contributed to this story.

Live Mint, 8 September, 2011, http://www.livemint.com/2011/09/07223453/Govt-introduces-Nuclear-Safety.html?atype=tp


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