NEW DELHI: The first fruits of India's civil nuclear agreement could become visible by the end of the year, despite local protests.
The final agreement for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, to be set up with French-made reactors, could be signed during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's India visit this December, according to Minister of State for Environment and Forests Ja
A Western Ghats ecology expert panel headed by Madhav Gadgil will be scrutinising proposed nuclear power park at Jaitapur and four thermal power plants in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra from the angle of protection of environment during their 9-day visit from October 4.
There will be field visits to the proposed thermal power plants at Bhopam and Dhopave on October 5 and 6 resp
RASHME SEHGA
NEW DELHI
Activists of the Konkan Bachao Samiti (KBS) have written to the ministry of science & technology and the ministry of forests & environment highlighting their environmental apprehensions on the setting up of the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant.
Their chief concern is to highlight the concern of the European regulatory authorities from Finland (STUK), France (ASN)
Once the controversial civil nuclear liability bill takes the shape of law, a complex generating one of the highest amounts of nuclear power in India would be set up in Ratnagiri district
