FUKUSHIMA AND JAITAPUR PROTESTS PROMPT INDIA GOVERNMENT DEBATES ON NUCLEAR INDUSTRY POLICY
April 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE INDIAN government appears to be reassessing its nuclear energy policy following the Fukushima disaster and violent protests in India against a proposed nuclear plant with six 1,650 MW reactors at Jaitapur, Maharashtra.
Today (April 26) the government announced it would propose a new nuclear safety law to create an autonomous nuclear regulatory body in the country and it would invite the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) operational safety review team (OSART) to help with India nuclear industry safety reviews and audits. The ...
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