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India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in bed with the nuclear industry

The problems with India’s atomic energy expansion: A critique by a nuclear energy evangelist , First Post India Jaideep Prabhu  Dec 31, 2015 “……. In the United States, the complaint of the nuclear industry is that the process for the approval of new reactor designs is laborious, expensive, and sometimes done with criteria that reflects older knowledge than the latest developments in the industry.

In India, the hurdles start sooner — in that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) is not a body independent of the chain of command of those it regulates. Several members of the DAE have stressed on previous occasions that this administrative quibble does not in any way impinge upon the working of the regulatory authority, but in a country like India where command influence and the flouting of laws is not at all uncommon, even the appearance of impropriety is reason to worry.

Over decades of governmental misconduct, citizens have lost faith in government institutions and in areas like nuclear energy where the scope for damage is enormous, unflattering reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) such as in 2012 are damning….”

December 31, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general