Starting Koodankulam: When deception triumphs
Praful Bidwai India’s nuclear establishment is continuing its march of folly at the expense of safety in the false belief that atomic power is the energy of the future. It’s…
Repeating Enron in Jaitapur
The tariff of Rs. 4 per unit of electricity is unrealistic unless the government subsidises the cost of the first two Areva reactors by Rs. 22,000 crore.
Resisting Ecological Transformation: Some Observations in a Post-Fukushima World
Courtesy: Dianuke.org We are re-publishing Dr. M V Ramana’s talk at Panel on “Fighting Ecological Transformation: 20th Century Energy in the Era of Sandy and Fukushima, the Case of Nuclear…
Kudankulam: The Unsettled Queries
Courtesy: livemint.com Protesters near the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. Photo: Reuters On 6 May, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking to halt the commissioning of the…
Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant
Kyodo News, via Associated Press Gray and silver storage tanks filled with radioactive wastewater are sprawling over the grounds of the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Courtesy: NY Times TOKYO — Two…