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Monitoring stations planned around nuclear project site [1]

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project plans to establish monitoring stations in a few villages around the project site for measuring radiation, if any, according to a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

Unlike thermal power stations, which emit huge amount of particulate matter, fly ash and bottom ash, nuclear plants do not emit effluents in large quantity. Though the waste produced from reactors is minimal, it will be highly radioactive. However, safety measures incorporated in reactors will not allow the radiation to be transmitted from the reactor core, the official said.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2012
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
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Tirunelveli (D) [3], Koodunkulam APS [4], Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL) [5], Nuclear Safety [6], Radiation [7], Nuclear Power Plants [8], Nuclear Power [9], Tamil Nadu [10]
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