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Inadequate assessment for planned Saurashtra’s Bhavnagar nuclear plant

‘Cancel public hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear project’
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/cancel-public-hearing-for-mithi-virdi-nuclear-project/article4449713.ece
 THE HINDU, 24 Feb 13, Environmentalists in Gujarat have claimed that
the March 5 environmental public hearing (EPH) for the 6,000-MWe
nuclear power plant in Saurashtra’s Bhavnagar district will be on the
basis of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) by Engineers India
Limited, which did not have the necessary accreditation.

Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, a leading environment action body in
Gujarat, has demanded that the public hearing for the project at Mithi
Virdi be stopped and the EIA submitted by Engineers India scrapped.

The Samiti has cited the following references in the EIA for the
project to buttress its claim.

The EIA report on page numbers 387-389 volume – I clearly states: “…
National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) —
under the Accreditation Scheme for EIA Consultant Organisations — has
accredited EIL as EIA consultant for 9 EIA Sectors, vide NABET
notification dated 14.09.10. […]

“… For ‘Nuclear Power projects and processing of nuclear fuel’ sector,
EIL’s application along with other consultants is still pending at
NABET. However, till date NABET has not cleared any application
related to nuclear sector.”

Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant of the Samiti insist that these facts
on page 387-389 of Volume – I of EIA for Mithi Virdi Nuclear Power
Plant by EIL invite strict action against NPCIL and EIL also.

“We are shocked that how come the authority concerned has given
clearance for conducting EPH in such a matter of grave concern
involving the security of the lakhs of people.”

February 25, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, opposition to nuclear