Fast against Kudankulam n-plant ends

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By IANS,

5 February 2014

Chennai: An indefinite fast by the core committee members of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) and some villagers against the Kudankulam nuclear power project came to an end on its fifth day Tuesday.

A PMANE statement said that as the health of the 11 people who went on a hunger strike turned worse and the central and state governments did not bother about it, the fast was ended at the request of community leaders.

It said the next course of protest will be decided Sunday.

For the past 904 days, the PMANE has been spearheading the anti-Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP) movement in Tirunelveli district, around 650 km from here.

The Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is setting up two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam. The total outlay for the KNPP is over Rs.17,000 crore.

The first unit has started power generation and has been connected to the southern grid. Work on commissioning the second unit is in progress.

The NPCIL is also planning to set up two more units at Kudankulam, which is also being opposed by the PMANE.

According to the PMANE, the performance of the first two reactors should be tested by independent scientists.

People should also be told whether the 15 conditions laid down by the Supreme Court last year has been complied with.

The other demands of the PMANE are making public the site evaluation report, safety analysis report, VVER Reactors Performance Report and the emergency preparedness report.

The PMANE is also demanding withdrawal of 360 cases filed against around 270,000 people in the area.

The anti-nuclear power movement also urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to reject the setting up of the third and fourth units at Kudankulam.

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4 Comments »

Doesn’t look like Chernobyl or Fukushima taught tptb very much at all.

Comment by Kirk McLoren | February 5, 2014 | Reply
Seriously, this is a nuclear reactor we are talking about, and so the one and only factor that concerns me and should concerns others in safety.
Having said that, it really begs belief to read that, “it suddenly stopped functioning in early December following some technical problems. Earlier, during pre-commissioning tests, four valves were found defective and had to be replaced.”
Surely there has to be some reason why it “suddenly stopped functioning” that ought to be told to the public?
India scares me folks.

Comment by frank | February 5, 2014 | Reply
India is a state which is facing severe protest against the operation of Kudankulam nuclear plants. The recent Fukushima disaster and the past experiences of this plants by the people living near by have made them more conscious and fear ful of nuclear power plants. India is a country which is facing accidents at its nuclear facilities and also in navy. Fasting by the people as a protest must be taken notice by the government of the India. Government’s cold attitude towards the people’s fear is depicting that India is just in fulfilling its lust of becoming a giant nuclear power and leaving behind its people.

Comment by Rabail | February 5, 2014 | Reply
All the nuclear energy programmes during a growth phase lasting at least three to four decades did not give a single unit of electricity to society outside the nuclear industry and further locked up thousands of megawatts of fossil and hydro electricity towards nuke programme requirements during this period. The fate will be similar but more serious in India. See energy audit of the indian nuclear programme. Thus from 2014 to 2050 India will be busy diverting coal and hydro without receiving a single unit of electricity over and above that delivered to these monsters. Such decades of non performance is just totally unacceptable.The Indian programme of just 33744 MW at Kaiga, Kudankulam, Kovvada, Ghorakhpur, & Jaitapur will result every year during normal operations of 87400 excess fatal cancers at least and millions of infant mortality. The waste cannot be returned to mother earth. The price of nuclear electricity is thus infinity. It must stop before the dams of the world cause the nuclear reactors to explode and meltdown like they caused in Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island…… The piling up of uranium in our bodies with infinite biological effectiveness to destroy our gene pool over generations(ECRR2010, Chap 6, 9 and 12) is a crime against all life for all time. Stop nukes NOW, after A. Merkel.

Comment by Ramaswami Kumar | February 8, 2014 | Reply