Urgent alert: former nuclear safety regulator says Kakrapar likely undergoing serious accident
Dear friends
Dr. A Gopalakrishnan,
the former chief of India's nuclear safety regulator - the Atomic Energy
Regulatory Board(AERB) called me yesterday evening and has sent a short note,
cautioning that there might be something more serious underway in the Kakrapar
nuclear power station, than the govt is telling us.
Here is his alert on
Kakrapar:
Underlining the lack
of transparency and absence of an independent nuclear regulator, Dr.
Gopalakrishnan has said that "all future plans for expanding the civilian
nuclear power sector should be put on hold until a truly independent nuclear
safety regulator is put in place , who is not controlled by the AEC or the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) , who will then be answerable to openly
communicating with the public on all civilian nuclear power matters."
Also, eminent
physicist M V Ramana has warned on the 5th year of the ongoing accident in
Fukushima. He has highlighted the safety risks and questioned the viability of
tall projections by the DAE. The article can be accessed on DiaNuke.org: http://www.dianuke.org/five-years-fukushima-accidents-thinking-nuclear-power-safety/
We must think of a collective public intervention urgently to highlight the
unreliable, non-transparent and unaccountable response in case of the accident
underway in Kakrapar and demand a moratorium on nuclear plans, as suggested by
Dr. Gopalakrishnan. Kindly send your suggestions and discuss.
With best regards,
Kumar Sundaram
Coalition for Nuclear
Disarmament and Peace (CNDP)