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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

The question that must be asked, is whether India is willing to compromise on its laws and the safety and rights of its citizens to protect the business interests of reactor suppliers In 2010, under pressure from multinational nuclear suppliers, the Manmohan Singh government pushed through a law to protect them from the consequences of a nuclear accident. The law makes it impossible for victims to sue the supplier, even for an accident that results from a design defect.

    There are recurring slippages in the timescales of setting up nuclear power plants, particularly imported ones. Inevitably, there are cost over-runs too. Nuclear power is often referred to as a ‘clean’, safe, economically cost-effective and environmentally benign source of electric power. This is incorrect. It is not ‘clean’Read More

(Courtesy: Union of Concerned Scientist shttp://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_technology/how-nuclear-power-works.html)   How Nuclear Power Works Principles of Nuclear Power Atoms are constructed like miniature solar systems. At the center of the atom is the nucleus, and orbiting around it are electrons. The nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons, very densely packed together. Hydrogen,Read More