Kalam visits Kundakulam nuclear plant Last Updated: Sunday, November 06, 2011, 12:46 [image: Views] 110 [image: Comments] 0
*Tags*: Nuclear plant <http://zeenews.india.com/tags/Nuclear_plant.html>, Kudankulam <http://zeenews.india.com/tags/Kudankulam.html>, APJ Abdul Kalam<http://zeenews.india.com/tags/APJ_Abdul_Kalam.html> [image: Kalam visits Kundakulam nuclear plant]Chennai: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday visited Kundakulam, Tamil Nadu, to examine the safety features installed in the nuclear power plant’s Russian reactors. The plant, being constructed by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India limited, will be housing two 1000W reactors made with Russian technology and equipment. In his earlier visit to the plant, Kalam had met people protesting against the setting up of the nuclear plant in the area after seeing the consequence of what a powerful earthquake did to the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Kudankulam has been the epicentre of a wave of protests, with environmental activists and agitators voicing their concern against dangers posed by the nuclear plant. Allaying their fears, Kalam had asserted that he would travel across nuclear projects based in coastal areas and discuss the efficacy of existing safety norms with scientists and would present a report. “What I said to you is that I am going to visit all the nuclear plants which are situated in coastal areas. I will study it, discuss it with scientists within a period of ten days and then I will present the steps which should be taken in India,” Kalam had stated. In the wake of the Fukushima incident, nuclear projects across India, such as the one at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, run into rough weather as protesting locals and activists argued that such plants could adversely affect the environment. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had recently assured the parliament that the Central government would spare no efforts to ensure foolproof safety of the country’s nuclear plants. India has a total installed power generation capacity of 164 gigawatts (GW) and aims to raise it to 187 GW by the end of March 2012. There are 20 reactors in operation in six power plants, generating over 4,000 megawatts of electricity while five other plants are under construction. According to reports, Kalam will be returning to New Delhi on Sunday evening to address a Nuclear Energy Conference on Monday. ANI http://zeenews.india.com/news/tamil-nadu/kalam-visits-kundakulam-nuclear-plant_740199.html First Published: Sunday, November 06, 2011, 09:19 Former president APJ Abdul Kalam arrived in Kudankulam early today. He will visit the Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to see for himself the safety features of the two Russian reactors being set up in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. "The former president will visit the KNPP Sunday to see for himself the safety features of the reactors. The main idea is to verify the safety features incorporated in the nuclear power plant before coming out with a report on the atomic power plants located on the Indian coast," V Ponraj, advisor to Kalam, told IANS on phone from New Delhi. According to Ponraj, after the plant visit a report on the nuclear plants on the Indian coast will be prepared and issued. "We have visited the Kudankulam plant earlier as well as the other atomic power plants located on the coast," Ponraj said. India's nuclear power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. is building two 1,000 MW nuclear power reactors with Russian technology and equipment in Kudankulam, around 650 km from here. The first unit is expected to go on stream in December. The project is estimated to cost around Rs.13,160 crore (over $2.5 billion). Villagers fear for their lives and safety in case of any nuclear accident and the long-term impact it would have on the population. Their agitation has put a stop to the project work thereby delaying the commissioning of the first unit by several months. According to Ponraj, the former president was open to meeting the public and the agitators Sunday if the state government and the atomic energy establishment organised a meeting. He said Kalam would return to New Delhi Sunday evening as he had to address a nuclear energy conference the next day. "If Kalam wants to come and meet people at Idinthakarai he is welcome. If he wants to address the people at Idinthakarai (near Kudankulam) he is welcome to do that. We will extend all respects to him. But we are not willing to have a dialogue with him on the issue of nuclear power plant," M. Pushparayan, convener of the Coastal People's Federation, told IANS. The relay fast against KNPP at Idinthakarai continued for the 19th day Saturday with the MDMK leader Vaiko participating in the fast. According to Pushparayan, around 8,000 people gathered at Idinthakarai. He said anti-nuclear plant protests were held at Coimbatore and Tirunelveli. http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Kalam-in-Kudankulam-to-visit-n-plant/Article1-765473.aspx -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. 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