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India’s nuclear agency keen to ‘educate’ public

“Right info needed to ease nuclear power safety fears’ – The Times of India, ‘Srinivas Laxman , TNN, Jan 18, 2011, MUMBAI: Director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Monday said that if “appropriate information” were passed to the public, it would go a long way in allaying their fears about safety of nuclear power.

Amano made this point during an interaction with the media when he was asked about public opposition at Jaitapur towards the construction of nuclear reactors in the locality. “Transparency is needed.”

Amano was in Mumbai to attend the 21st annual conference of the Indian Nuclear Society and present the Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award to former atomic energy commission (AEC) chairman Anil Kakodkar…………

Regarding the controversy surrounding nuclear liability in India, all he would say was that “progress is being made.” It may be recalled that the US, France and Russia have raised certain issues regarding India’s nuclear liability law and so far efforts to find a common meeting ground have not proved too successful. …..

‘Right info needed to ease nuclear power safety fears’ – The Times of India

January 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general