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Nuclear reality, damaged democracy [1]

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Indian policy-makers continue to vouch for nuclear energy after the Fukushima tragedy.Officials from the nuclear establishment claim that India’s nuclear reactors are safe from catastrophic accidents because they have “defence-in-depth”—multiple protective systems all of which have to fail before a radioactive release occurs.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
M V Ramana [2], Suvrat Raju [3]
Down to Earth [4]
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Energy [5], India [6], Japan [7], Nuclear Accidents [8], Nuclear Power [9], Nuclear Power Plants [10], Nuclear Safety [11], Radiation [12]

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