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The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | UCIL leak bothers Aussie expert

UCIL leak bothers Aussie expert

The Telegraph Jamshedpur, Nov. 14: A member of Medical Association for Prevention of War, Australia, Tilman Alfred Ruff today visited Dungridih village in East Singhbhum that witnessed spilling of radioactive waste due to a leakage in the pipeline that carries it to the tailing pond of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL).

Ruff, who is also a director at International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, claimed that the 25 families are forced to live in unhealthy and toxic environment due to the leakage.

His visit was organised by a local NGO, Jharkhand Organisation Against Radiation, which campaigned against the radiation.

Talking to reporters today, Ruff maintained that the world should shun nuclear power in view of the waste it produces. “Toxic and unhealthy waste has spilled over the entire region and I am surprised to find children playing on the radioactive waste. Though UCIL has covered the area with a layer of earth, people of the area may still be affected by the ill-effects of radiation,” said Ruff.

He said that people should not live within 100m of the pipe that carries radioactive material.

The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | UCIL leak bothers Aussie expert

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November 15, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized