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  1. Power on with reforms

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    / August 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Talk about the power situation in Andhra Pradesh or power outage in North India, it’s a tale of professional mismanagement and weak policy response. A bird tells me that AP has the best power statistics. National average is 26% losses from power transmission, generation and distribution. AP is better @18%....

  2. Tsunami alert at Kudankulam N-plant

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    / April 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    One of the places where an alert was sounded post the earthquake in Indonesia and fears of a tsunami hitting the Indian coast was the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam. According to reports from local sources, there was a sense of panic, given that people in Tamilnadu have faced the...

  3. N-powered attack sub in Vizag

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    / January 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Vizag will be home to India’s first nuclear-powered attack submarine in the last week of January after final test trials in Russian waters. `The New Indian Express’ reports that the submarine, bearing the name Nerpa in the Russian Navy, has been leased to the Indian Navy for ten years and...

  4. A man made nuclear controversy

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    / November 8, 2011 / 2 Comments
    This piece has been written by Mr M G Devasahayam and since it is an important point of view on the nuclear debate, it is being published here in public interest.   By M G Devasahayam   Having been invited to be a part of the ‘Expert Group’ formed by...

  5. Open letter to Dr Abdul Kalam

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    / November 6, 2011 / 3 Comments
    Dear Shri Abdul Kalam, Former President of India     I refer to your highly reassuring article in `The Hindu’ today on the safety of nuclear power. I understand that you even went to the extent of assuring the people of Kudankulam that nuclear power is “100% safe”. Though my...

  6. Hiroshima stands tall after `Little Boy’

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    / August 6, 2011 / Leave a comment
    On this day in 1945, the world saw the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. 140,000 people were killed and 69 percent of the city’s buildings were razed to the ground. By the end of 1945, only 60 percent of the city’s original...

  7. Green gyaan from Germany

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    / May 31, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By H S Shubha “There is a demonstration about saying `no’ to nuclear power this Saturday, would you like to come along,” asked a German colleague, Kirsten last week. I agreed instantly. Being an Indian, demonstrations and strikes are things you see all the time. But how different would be...

  8. Shift away from coal and nuclear

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    / May 24, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma   I feel somewhat disheartened at the lukewarm response so far of the Union government to the global developments in energy. On one side, coal-based and nuclear power plants are endangering the people. On the other side, the price of hydrocarbons which we import is...

  9. Declare an embargo on nuclear power projects

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    / May 12, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma A series of nuclear disasters, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and now Fukushima, have provided grim reminders to the humanity about the potential inter-generational dangers of nuclear technology, suggesting the adoption of energy strategies that are safe, sustainable, environmentally benign and people-friendly. Unfortunately, successive governments, captive...

  10. Not a time to defend nuclear technology

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    / March 16, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma   The full details of the nuclear disaster in Japan are slowly unfolding. There is more to come in the coming days and months. The effects of radiation are going to last for generations.   I am glad that the Prime Minister has said in...

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