New Delhi - nuclear crisis of the Japan has influenced a movement of protest in India violently opposed to plans to build the largest nuclear plant in the world. As the growing energy market eye of the India international agencies, they you also look at how the India responds to this case.
The India break-neck growth has led to an intense need and nuclear energy - was accepted in the country as a means to deliver this clean and appropriate. But, in the wake of the crisis of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power, citizens in and around Jaitapur, the region prone to seismic activity, where the Indian Government plans to build a power plant in 9 900 mega wattare upset.
Tensions are a head of mid-April when an anti-nuclear demonstrator was killed during a demonstration, and several others were injured.
"The people of the country, especially after what happened to Fukushima, are not two minds." They simply will not, "says Greenpeace India Vinuta Gopal activist." "They see nothing to gain, and everything to lose", she said. In addition, "India be certainly the capacity of the Japan for the preparation to disaster management."
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The India has 20 nuclear power plants in operation, supplying about only 3 percent of the energy of the country. Another 23 are on the way, according to a former Minister, that the country tries to more than double its dependence on nuclear energy by 2030. The Government of India and a generator of nuclear reactor Areva, a French company plan to start construction of the installation of Jaitapur $ 12 billion in 2018 or 2019, despite heated protests.
In an effort to help calm the concerns, the Indian Government has promised he will undertake a review of the safety of all plants and repay these displaced through the acquisition of land.
But, until now, locals say that has not been sufficient. They seem cannot prevent the raise what happened to the fishing and agricultural industry in Fukushima.
Indeed, as in the towns near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant to the Japan, Jaitapur is located approximately 250 km south of the financial capital of Mumbai India, on a stretch of picturesque coastline, and prosperous agriculture and fishing industries. If a nation sophisticated like the Japan cannot handle a potential nuclear catastrophe, they have reasoning, how would fare India?
Rising tide of concern
Even before the Fukushima incident, protests built steam. But now that they have grown so large and so regular that thousands of police were massed in the region handle. And the deceased anti-nuclear protester became an almost instant symbol of the movement.
More than 80 highly respected people have signed a long petition against the power plant, including the former head of nuclear regulatory main body India, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), with an old Indian naval Chief and a single Ambassador of the United Nations. The Declaration calls for a thorough and independent nuclear policy review and the facilities of the country.
Anti-nuclear activists reject the AERB efficiency and say there is a vital need to redesign the existing regulatory framework of the country in total nuclear and replace it with something more impartial.
Response to the protests of the public
The AERB, for its part, defended emergency plans for nuclear facilities of the India in place and, in the wake of the urgency of Fukushima, insists that it is carefully reviewing security measures.
"All the reactors in India are designed to withstand the effects of earthquake and tsunami specific magnitude, which are determined based on conservative criteria," said AERB Secretary r. Bhattacharya by email.
AREVA, which recently signed a number of other nuclear transactions with the India, said that he is also aware of the outcry.
"We believe that through open and transparent [Jaitapur] project, it is quite possible reduce the legitimate concerns of the people for their security and their environment, while ignoring not benefits it will bring locally in terms of activity and employment"said Areva vice President Arthur de Montalembert".", adding that its reactors are be redesigned to help more resistant to disaster after Fukushima.
Other options?
Still, anti-nuclear proponents if nuclear power is really the answer to energy needs ever increasing of the India. The threat of contamination and accidents side, it is an expensive option.
Anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai, co-founder of the Coalition for nuclear disarmament and peace, argues that the India should focus more attention - and Fund - on options such as coal, according to a thermal power, hydroelectric power, wind power and solar thermal.
Mr Bidwai said: "China is the world leader in this, and India should be made more."
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