karatecatman
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Location: Chennai -- INDIA
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:52 am Post subject: Nuclear sites -- nuclear deal |
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As a part of its expansion program, the government of India has announced plans to expand the nuclear power plant coming up at Koodankulam (Tamil Nadu). Additional four reactors from Russia of 1,200 MWe each, in the immediate or near future, are to come up over and above the two of 950 MWe each, presently under construction. The process for setting up a nuclear plant at Jaitapur (Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra) has also reached an advanced stage. The French company Areva is set to supply two new generation reactors of 1650 MWe each, to be followed by another two. Land acquisition notices have been served on the local people to acquire 981 hectare of land.
The government has reportedly already approved 15 new plants at eight sites.
These sites are Kumharia in Haryana – meant for indigenous reactors; Kakrapar (indigenous reactors) and Chhayamithi Virdi (reactor from US) in Gujarat; Kovvada (reactor from US) in Andhra Pradesh; Haripur (reactor from Russia) in West Bengal; Koodankulam (reactor from Russia) in Tamil Nadu; and Jaitapur (reactor from France) in Maharashtra.
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Nimish
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Location: Bangalore, India
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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This is really good news, and I hope this sets a trend for all states to follow. Top notch safety is a must, but we need to move away from fossil fuel dependency...
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