well said.. M.p On 11/5/11, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_india-does-not-need-nuclear-energy-top-scientist_1607088 > > India does not need nuclear energy: Top scientist > Published: Thursday, Nov 3, 2011, 20:12 IST > By *Kumar Chellappan <http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/kumar-chellappan>* | > Place: Chennai | Agency: DNA > > One of the pioneer nuclear scientists in the country says that India can > very well suspend its entire nuclear programme. “It is true that we have > spent thousands of croresof rupees to set up nuclear power plants. But we > will be forced to spend thousand times more than that in the eventuality of > a nuclear disaster,” said Dr MP Parameswaran,former scientist of the Atomic > Energy Commission. > > Referring to the agitation by the Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy > demanding the closure of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Dr > Parameswaran, India’s first PhD in nuclear science, said the country is not > that hard-pressed for nuclear power. > > “Of the 750,000 MW power projected for 2030, fossil fuels will account for > 400,000 MW. A ten per cent increase in this can offset the shortage > produced by the suspension of the nuclear energy programme. We have all the > expertise and production capacity to do this,” he said. > > According to this scientist, nuclear energy will become viable only with > the development of a foolproof mechanism for radio active waste disposal > and radiation damage. > > “What they should do is to redesign the reactors at Kudankulam so that they > could be operated either with coal or natural gas. Yes, there are costs > inviolved in it. But the real cost of continuing with the nuclear programme > is much higher,” he said. > > Dr Parameswaran, much senior to Dr Sreekumar Banerjee, the chairman of the > Atomic Energy Commission, took strong exception to the latter’s comment > that a nuclear power plant is not acar factory where you can switch off the > system. > > “That is exactly the problem. You cannot switch off the system and close > gates for decades and even centuries after the plant has stopped generating > energy. There are several reactors in USA and France which produce no more > power but cannot be switched off. These reactors require most of the system > like cooling, radiation monitoring security and so on to keep working,” he > said. > > The nuclear science veteran pointed out that the Fukushima disaster was > caused not by the working reactor but by the spent fuel tank. He also > refuted the claims of the AEC chairman that the country’s scientists has > all answers on radiation, safety and other aspects. “Has the issue of final > disposal of radio active waste been solved? Has the possibility of nuclear > accidents either due to human or mechanical or natural causes been totally > prevented? The answer is no,” he said. > > Dr Parameswaran asked the AEC chairman to convincingly clarify the reason > behind the pressure exerted on India by the Nuclear suppliers Group to sign > the non-liability accord. “If the nuclear reactors are so safe, why they > are forcing India to sign this treaty?. The manufacturers themselves are > notconvinced about the durability and safety of the reactors,” he said. > > He pointed out that the agitation against the KNPP was therefrom the > beginning itself. “It became intensive after Fukushima. The NPCIL should > not have gone for hot run at all once the opposition flared up. They > thought that the opposition could be steamrolled,” said Dr Parameswaran. > > -- > Peace Is Doable > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > >
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