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Nuclear deal with the US would mean destruction for Indian people and environment

The joint declaration issued by India and the United States during the Prime Minister's visit is shocking as it effectively celebrates the undermining of India's sovereign Nuclear Liability Act, passed by the parliament in 2010 to ensure justice to the victims in case of an accident.

Criminal Negligence in Uranium Mine Takes 3 Lives, Govt Must Probe and Stop Expansion

This accident raises some serious concerns which the local community and the larger civil society has been voicing for decades. The Uranium Corporation of India Limited(UCIL) functions in complete non-transparency and unaccountability. To cut costs, it compromises with safety measures and employs contractual workers routinely in dangerous work in brazen violation of standard norms.

Modi Govt Must Re-think Jaitapur Project After Massive Corruption in French Nuclear Sector

CNDP Press Statement: Modi Govt Must Re-think Jaitapur Project After Massive Corruption in French Nuclear Sector

Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now! CNDP Statement on Anniversary of Pokharan Tests

After 18 years of the nuclear tests, the security that the atomic weapons were supposed to bestow on us is conspicuously missing and South Asia is becoming more dangerous with each passing day. India has become the world's largest arms importer, with a share of 14 per cent in the entire world's weapons' trade. Between 2006–10 and 2011–15, India's weapons imports have grown by 90 per cent. Similarly, Pakistan's defence budget has also seen a steep rise. Evidently, the claims of nuclear weapons supporters that these lethal weapons would bring security and stability to the region have proven to be untrue.

Leak In Kakrapar Nuclear Plant Serious, Independent Inquiry Needed: CNDP Statement

The plant authorities claim that there has been no radiation leak. While, we very much hope that this is the case, we would like to urge the NPCIL to ensure the protection of workers at the plant who are involved in cleaning up the spilled heavy water. By its very nature, some of the heavy water that is in the primary coolant circuit would have been absorbed neutrons to be converted into tritiated water. Tritium is a radioactive isotope and thus the tritiated water will be automatically radioactive.