IAEA team raised serious safety issues at Rawatbhata, say activists – The Hindu
Activist seek “transparent and independent” inspection to address issues of vulnerability and unaccountability.
Activist seek “transparent and independent” inspection to address issues of vulnerability and unaccountability.
The IAEA must encourage transparency and accountability in India and should not allow its team’s visit to be publicised as a blanket clean-chit on nuclear safety to the Indian nuclear industry.
The situation in Koodankulam today is a creation of NPCIL itself. Wherever they have to construct a new reactor, they make big promises to the local people. But as soon as the reactor construction is complete, they use force to exploit people.
Just as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has made a scathing attack on the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for miserably failing to ensure any sort of safety in nuclear plants, a series of health safety violations of nuclear power plant contract workers is surfacing in Rawatbhata, Rajasthan.