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Nuclear agreement a big loss to India
India has been trapped by entering into the nuclear power generation agreement with USA, said founder member of Delhi science forum and power expert Prabheer Purakayastha.Delivering a lecture on nuclear accidents and its consequences at a programme organised by CPM and CITU at Ranasthalam, near here on Saturday, Prabheer said nuclear power generation agreement with USA was a big loss to India and
Prof Prabheer Purakayastha questions the rationale in opening a nuclear power plant, while all other countries are closing them
Srikakulam: India has been trapped by entering into the nuclear power generation agreement with USA, said founder member of Delhi science forum and power expert Prabheer Purakayastha.Delivering a lecture on nuclear accidents and its consequences at a programme organised by CPM and CITU at Ranasthalam, near here on Saturday, Prabheer said nuclear power generation agreement with USA was a big loss to India and gain to USA.
On the occasion Prabheer elaborated that US-based nuclear reactor manufacturing companies were facing market crisis and financial crunch as a result of zero demand for it at this juncture. He question why the government was showing interest to construct Nuclear Power Project (NPP) at Kovvada in Ranastalam mandal, while all the developed countries are shutting down such plants.
He clarified that the NPPs are hazardous to ecology and added that to generate a unit power through nuclear plant Rs 12 investment was necessary which is expensive when compare to thermal and solar power generation.
CPM district secretary, B Krishna Murthy, CITU district secretary, D Govinda Rao, people from all affected villages were also present.
Speaking on the occasion CPM and CITU leaders appealed to villagers not to hand over their lands to government till doubts regarding nuclear power generation and its hazardous impacts were cleared.
