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Kumar Sundaram | The passing year marked the 20th year of the May 1998 nuclear tests in Pokhran, the 10th year of the unprecedented exception from the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) that the Indian government achieved in 2008, and the last effective year of the ultra-nationalist Modi government as it enters its lame-duck phase early next year.

This interview shows clearly that the nuclear reactors built in such a structural world environment, are quickly sliding in to the path that the doomed Chernobyl reactor took.

The ‘Performance Audit Report on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project’ of the CAG, Government of India raises serious questions about the project, particularly the pronounced delays in its operation and frequent shut-downs.

Environmental activist and remand prisoner S Mugilan began an indefinite fast at the Palayamkottai Central Prison, on Monday, demanding withdrawal of all pending cases against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP) protesters and those booked for opposing or condemning the state and central governments on various issues.