Thursday, October 20, 2011: To assuage the fears of the locals and
the Tamil Nadu government, the Centre on Thursday announced setting up
of a 15-member group of experts over the Koodankulam nuclear plant
project.
“We have set up a 15-member group of experts,” officials said here. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
had on Wednesday night said that the committee promised by him to
convince stakeholders in the Koodankulam nuclear power project would be
set up on Thursday.
The group of experts from various disciplines such as radiation
safety, reactor safety, oncology, fisheries and nuclear waste management
will interact with the local population in and around Koodanakulam
where two 1000 MW nuclear power plants built with Russian collaboration
are in advanced stages of completion.
The project has run into a rash of protests as it approaches final
stages of commissioning with concerns being raised over environmental
impact and fears of radiation fears in the wake of the Fukushima
accident in Japan.
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