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“We, the undersigned, vehemently condemn the tabling of the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025 and the reported amendments to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 for attracting private investments. We urge opposition parties to use all that is in their power to stop the privatization of the nuclear energy sector. We are appalled and deeply disturbed by the current Government of India abandoning its duty to protect Indian citizens and India’s ecology from these dangers. We demand a shift from authoritarian control of nuclear policy towards a nuclear ‘public’ policy that involves and protects people and the environment from all nuclear/radioactive hazards.”

Sudhir Vombatkere | The mass production of SMRs will cause hugely magnified necessity for credible quality control, quality assurance and regulatory oversight, in order to ensure adherence to production and safety standards set by IAEA, at all stages of production and module assembly, and subsequently for starting-up, operation and waste disposal. In the absence of an independent NSRA, will AERB be in a position to effectively ensure adherence to health and safety protocols?

Major General Sudhir Vombatkere Major General S.G. Vombatkere retired as the Additional Director General, Discipline & Vigilance in Army HQ, New Delhi. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Iowa, USA, in international studies, and is a member of NAPM and PUCL. He writes on strategic and development-relatedRead More

Sonali Huria | The Leaflet SINCE returning to power last year with an overwhelming majority in the 2019 general elections, the Modi-led government has passed a series of legislations in rapid succession without any credible dialogue both within and outside Parliament – amendments to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, which in effect have diluted the statutory requirementRead More