Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Ending the long legal and socio-political battle, the Kudankulam Nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu is all set to start generating power from next month, opening a new vista in the country's nuclear safety regulations.
This was announced here today by well-known nuclear scientist and former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission as well as the Planning Commission M R Srinivasan while addressing an international seminar on 'Frontiers of Sciences' and later speaking to reporters on the sidelines.
Dr Srinivasan, who is now a member of the AEC, said following a recent Chennai High Court order dismissing a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by the Peoples' Movement Against Nuclear Energy(PMANE), a self-styled Human Rights Organisation, the Kudankulam Plant authority under the guidence of the Nuclear Corporation of India (NPCI) was now gearing itself to start loading the nuclear fuel to generators from as early as next week.
" As a result generation of nuclear power by the plant in all likelihood would start from next month(October)itself," Dr Srinivasan said in support of his observation, adding that initially about 350 mw of power would be generated from its two reactors.
Referring to the safety measures undertaken by the plant authority, costing over Rs 500 crores over the past few years, the AEC member assured the audience that all possible measures had been in place to ensure maximum safety to the plant by all international standards.
The two major nuclear accidents at Chernobyl in Russia in the year 2000 and one at Fukushima plant in Japan last year had opened the eyes of every nuclear scientists in case of accidents and natural disasters.
" These unfortunate incidents forced all reactors in every nuclear plant across the globe to adopt the most stringest safety norms without any compromise at any point to prevent any Chernobyl or Fukushima like disasters in future," he emphasised.
Underscoring the need for more and more countries, particularly India,to opt for nuclear power generation to meet their rising energy demand,Dr Srinivasan claimed that without nuclear power India could no longer have cheap and abundant source of electricity to ensure over seven per cent annual GDP growth.
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