[Quote A total of 50 new reactors across the country are currently in advanced stages of construction. Unquote Does the reporter know what she is talking of?
The proposed shrinking of of exclusion zone needs be stoutly fought back. Maybe even legally.] http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/more-reactors-at-existing-n-plants.aspx <http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/more-reactors-at-existing-n-plants.aspx> *More reactors at existing N-plants** * *Rashme Sehgal* New Delhi Jan. 13: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India has come up with an interesting solution to deal with the tenditious issue of land acquisition to set up new nuclear power plants. Realising the fresh acquisition of land will face increasing pressure from villagers, the corporation is planning to increase the number of reactors at existing plants, with the help of advanced technology that makes possible smaller and more efficient reactors. The Rawatbhata atomic power station in Rajasthan has six reactors generating electricity, and will add two more, which will be shortly operationalised. Kaiga has three reactors generating electricity, and the construction of three more has been cleared. Tarapur, which has four reactors in operation, is expected to add two more. A total of 50 new reactors across the country are currently in advanced stages of construction. "The process of adding new reactors has been facilitated by new technology which ensures better safety ... and also allows the size of exclusion zones, which must mandatorily be built around nuclear power plants, to become smaller in size," said NPCIL executive director Sudhinder Thakur. "Earlier we had to build exclusion zones which were 1.6 km in size. Now this has been reduced to 1 km, and a notification will be issued shortly." "The latest nuclear plant models being built in France and South Korea have done away with this requirement entirely," he added. "The actual power station is around 100m x 100m in size, and the rest of the space is used to develop a green belt." With India having signed nuclear fuel supply deals with the United States, France and Kazakhstan, NPCIL is keen to set up new units in Maharashtra, Orissa, Haryana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. In Andhra Pradesh, it has sought to buy 800 acres in Kovvada village, 680 km northeast of Hyderabad. Haripur in West Bengal has been chosen to set up a 9,400MW plant, while the one near Gujarat’s Bhavnagar is expected to produce 6,000MW. In Maharashtra, land at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district has already been acquired for a nuclear power plant with French collaboration, but NPCIL is yet to get actual possession of the land. The possibility of a major agitation exists at Ratnagiri with some villagers having refused to accept the compensation amounts offered to them. In Kovvada, a movement against land acquisition is being spearheaded by the National Fish Workers Forum. Mr Thakur said while the compensation amounts were determined by state governments, the financial burden was borne by the corporation. "But they (state governments) need to find innovative methods to ensure (those displaced) are rehabilitated in the best possible fashion." -- Peace Is Doable--
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