Post Tagged with: "rosatom"

Is Koodankulam Unsafe?: Russian Supplier Arrested for Corruption and Substandard Equipment

Is Koodankulam Unsafe?: Russian Supplier Arrested for Corruption and Substandard Equipment

Koodankulam April 8, 2013 at 2:08 pm 1 comment

Against the backdrop of the arrest of Sergei Shutov, a director of Zio-Podolsk, a subsidiary of Rosatom, on charges of corruption, fraud and supplying cheap Ukrainian steel blanks and steam generators in nuclear reactors, former chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Dr A Gopalakrishnan has demanded an immediate investigation into the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India as it was Podolsk that had supplied components for the reactor.