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Can Nuclear Power be a short-cut to ‘Development’
The Japan Nuclear Disaster
At Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Plant Name: Fukushiam Dai-ichiPlant Capacity: 4,696 MW
The Impact
• Sea Water, Milk and Green Vegetables radioactive FOREVER!
• Ground Water radioactive
• Fishing stopped in 20 km radius
• A huge area near the plant can NEVER be inhabited by humans
• Deaths, diseases & deformities due to radiation will be understood in the years to come!
• Evacuated people returning back to their homes as NO OTHER PLACE TO GO!
• To lead a radioactive life
How Nuclear Energy Works
Radiation at EVERY STAGE
Uranium Mining
Fuel Enrichment
Power Generation
Waste Disposal RADIATION INCREASES multifold at each stage!
Radioactive Waste
• Generated at each stage - Mining, Enrichment, Power Generation
– Waste from Enrichment has been used in Depleted Uranium (DU) bombs used in Iraq
• 21st century science CAN’T HANDLE Nuclear Waste Disposal– Waste contaminates (beyond scope for inhabitation) a huge area in its
vicinity for 1000’s of years
What about the Environment &
People?
Is it Safe?
Radiation Contaminates Always
• Even if there is NO NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
– Around a Uranium Mine
– Around an Enrichment Facility
– Around a Nuclear Plant
– Around Nuclear Waste
An area of 30-35 km radius gets contaminated by nuclear radiation regularly!
Radiation Spares Nothing
• Impacts Vegetation - Agriculture– Trees near Jaduguda Uranium Mines have DEFORMED SEEDS
– Agricultural produce is bound to carry unacceptable amounts of radioactive content
• Impacts Animals– Radioactive Boars on the rise in Germany (thanks to Chernobyl)
• Impacts Human Beings
• Chernobyl : An area of 1,00,000 sq km is UNINHABITABLE for 20,000 years. FOREVER.
Nuclear Accidents Are Worse!
Date: 26 April 1986
Plant Capacity: 900 MW
Nuclear ‘Meltdown’ in the USA
• Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania: Happened in 1979 due to meltdown of fuel rods
• Health effects mostly unstudied or kept clandestine
Impact of Nuclear Radiationon Humans
• Cancer in the next 2 to 60 years
• Deformed babies - FOREVER!
The pictures that follow may be disturbing
Jump to Existing Nuclear Plants in India only if you are extremely weak-hearted
No Dose of Radiation is Safe!
• There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure,whether from food, water or other sources. Period.
Dr Jeff PattersonDO, Physicians for
Social Responsibility
We DO NOT X-Ray pregnant women!Any detectable fallout can kill
40 Years Old Uranium Mines
in Jaduguda, Jharkhand
Near Rawatbhata Power Plant
Near Kota, Rajasthan
After Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
1986
After American Bombing in Iraq
Depleted Uranium (DU) Bombs made out of
The Waste from Uranium Enrichment
Semey: USSR’s Nuclear Testing Site
During Cold War
Still Nuclear Plants are being pushed in India
And So…
• America - No new Nuclear Plant in the last 40 years
• Australia - Never built a Nuclear Plant
• Germany - on its way to abandon all 17 Nuclear Plants
Existing Nuclear Plants in India
Before the Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Accidents in Small Plants
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Proposed Nuclear Plants in India
After the Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Jaitapur, Mah9,900 MW
Mithi Virdi, Gujarat8,000 MW
Haripur, WB10,000 MW
Kovvada, AP8,000 MW
Koodankulam , TN9,200 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Approximate Impact Area of Nuclear Accidents
In India
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Jaitapur, Mah9,900 MW
Mithi Virdi, Gujarat8,000 MW
Haripur, WB10,000 MW
Kovvada, AP8,000 MW
Koodankulam , TN9,200 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Accident in 1 Big Plant
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Jaitapur, Mah9,900 MW
Mithi Virdi, Gujarat8,000 MW
Haripur, WB10,000 MW
Kovvada, AP8,000 MW
Koodankulam , TN9,200 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Accident in 1 Big Plant
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Jaitapur, Mah9,900 MW
Mithi Virdi, Gujarat8,000 MW
Haripur, WB10,000 MW
Kovvada, AP8,000 MW
Koodankulam , TN9,200 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Accident in 1 Big Plant
Nuclear Plants in Super Power India
Narora, UP - 440 MW
Rawatbhata, Raj - 2,580 MW
Kakrapar, Gujarat - 1,840 MW
Tarapur, Mah - 1,400 MW
Kaiga, Karnataka - 880 MW
Kalpakkam, TN - 940 MW
Jaitapur, Mah9,900 MW
Mithi Virdi, Gujarat8,000 MW
Haripur, WB10,000 MW
Kovvada, AP8,000 MW
Koodankulam , TN9,200 MW
Bargi, MP1,400 MW
Kumhariya, Haryana2,800 MW
Can you imagine the massive loss of Human Lives, Forests, Agriculture,
Animals, Economic Activities?
For 1000’s of years!
G V Ramakrishna Former Member for Energy,The Planning Commission
• Switch Off Nuclear Power
• It is obvious that the cost-benefit ratio is adverse
• The risk-benefit ratio is also adverse
The question to be asked is whether it is worthwhile for the country to take such a high risk for adding about 5% of our
power needs?
OK, If Not Nuclear Then What?
Feeding Electricity to the Super Powerin making…
Improving Existing Energy Efficiency
• India can save 30-40% of its electricity deficit by simple Conservation techniques
– Improving the efficiency of existing power plants (we are way behind international standards at the moment)
– Decentralizing electricity generation to reduce long distance transmission losses
• Small power plants scattered all over rather than HUGE plants at a few locations
The cost of implementing these Efficiency Improvement Measures is MUCH LESS THAN that of setting up New Plants
• We can save 30% of the increased demand of electricity by 2013 by using energy efficient electrical infrastructure at home
– Fans, Incandescent Bulbs, Tube Lights
– Refrigerators, ACs, Air Coolers
– Electric Water Heaters
– Computers, TVs, DVD Players, Set-Top-Boxes (active mode)
Conserving Electricity
Use Renewable Sources
• They are Cheap
• They are Unlimited
• They don’t Kill
• They are ‘un-researched’
America is the world’s largest producer of Wind Power
Solar Energy has the potential to feed Earth 1000 times
Solar Water Heaters in Bangalore save 900 MW of peak load. Already!
Spend the millions & billions onresearch of Renewable Energy
rather than on Nuclear !
India’s Electricity Scenario
Government declares
• Projected energy by all Nuclear Plants = just 60,000 MW
– Hardly 10% of the electricity deficit
Why RISK Indian lives for just 10% of Electricity?
The Potential of Renewable Sources
• Latest studies indicate that Wind Energy & Solar Energy hold the keys to sustainable development!
Government of India statistics point out that potential
of Renewable Sources in India is about 1,35,000 MW
The Politics of Nuclear Power in India
Ever heard of a lucrative
Wind or Solar Scientist job?
Why is Nuclear Power Promoted in India?
• Current energy policies are designed to benefit foreign MNCs
Newspapers admit that THEY ARE HERE FOR A $40 BN BUSINESS
Why is Nuclear Power Promoted in India?
• Profit for MNCs who will provide reactor designs
• Commission for Indian Politicians, Intellectuals, Scientists
Rs 10,00,00,00,00,00,000One Lakh Crores only!
Investment at the
9,900 WM Jaitapur
Nuclear Plant
Why is Renewable Energy Unknown?
• Very less or No Scope for Investment (read profit)
• Giants MNCs in the Nuclear Power sector are too strong to let the Renewable Energy sector grow– And hence, almost No Solar or Wind Scientists
Why SPOIL Indian lives for their Profit?
• The Nuclear Civil Liabilities Bill by our government says that:
Any foreign company WILL NOT be held liable for any nuclear accidents on Indian soil, whatsoever
They WILL NOT pay any Compensation
We CAN NOT sue them in Indian or Foreign courts
And Our Government’s Gift for US
The World Has Started Protesting
Nuclear Energy
The ‘West’ is Disowning Nuclear Power
• Most American common people are against Nuclear Power– Major concerns:
• Continuous radiation emitted in normal functioning of Nuclear Plants
• Nuclear Waste disposal
• Threats of nuclear accidents
• Australia has never built a Nuclear Power Plant!
After Japan, Germany says NO to Nuclear
• 7 out of 17 Nuclear Plants to be shut
• Remaining 10 to be decommissioned soon
Germans on Fire!
• 2,00,000 strong protests all over Germany to demand Shut Down of ALL Nuclear Plants
• Biggest Anti-Nuclear protest in the history of Germany
Protests in Bulgaria
• Hundreds protest Russia-backed nuclear project in Sofia, Bulgaria
About Jaitapur Nuclear Plant
Jaitapur:
A Jewel of Konkan
About the Jaitapur Plant
• 9,900 MW
• World’s biggest ever!
• French company Areva is selling its UNTESTED reactors
Jaitapur, Kokan, Maharashtra
Potential Impacts of Jaitapur Plant
• Impacts if NO ACCIDENT
– Around 10,00,000 liters of Sea Water to be contaminated DAILY
– Radioactive pollution of Konkan’s Mangoes, Cashew Nuts, Kokam, Rice and Fish FOREVER!
– Around 50 villages to be effected by routine radiation leaks
• Impacts after a Serious Accident
– Maharashtra will have to evacuated FOREVER
– Radioactive pollution of Mumbai, Pune FOREVER
– Agriculture & Fisheries will be destroyed PERMANENTLY
Jaitapur - 92 Earthquakes in 20 years!
People are Fighting to Save Us
• American, English, Finnish & French nuclear scientists have identified 3000 faults in Areva’s design
People are Fighting to Save Us
Protests @ Jaitapur
Protests @ Jaitapur
All Forms of Democratic Protest
IGNORED and SUPPRESSED
Is India’s Democracy Sleeping
???
Police Repressing Innocent Villagers
Police making death-threatsto villagers for not accepting
compensation cheques
Mumbai High Court’s Indifference• Activists & (pro-people) Scientists proposed a Public Hearing to debate
the pros and cons of Nuclear Plants
• Government Officials & Scientists were invited for debate
• Mumbai High Court rejected permission for the same
Our Nuclear Scientists Also Betraying Us
• Jaitapur safe from Tsunami and Earthquakes
• Indian Nuclear Reactors are safe
• Radiation is also used to cure Cancer
Dr Anil KakodkarFormer Chairman, AEC
Dr Srikumar BanerjeeDirector, AEC
Secretary, DAE
• We need to worry less on account of (possibleaccidents) in nuclear power stations than whilewalking or driving on the streets of Delhi
• So far only 55 people have died on account ofnuclear radiation or accidents; 1 in India
Protests @ Gujarat Nuclear Plant
Protestors stall government officials from doing land survey!
Wondering What You Can Do About This?
• Understand the politics of promoting Nuclear Power in India
• Spread awareness about this massive public betrayal
• Attend the nearest anti-nuclear protests
• Get attached with activists groups in your vicinity
• Organize people to pressurize government for rational policies
Become a Campaigner today!
References
Most of these facts are almost hidden in the Main Stream Media
References• Fukushima accident impact
– http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/201133144337292491.html#– http://www.countercurrents.org/kyodo310311.htm– http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110405x1.html
• Use of Depleted Uranium (DU) bombs in Iraq– http://www.cadu.org.uk/oldindex.htm
• Effect of Radioactivity on Animals– http://chairforcengineer.blogspot.com/2010/08/radioactive-boar-on-rise-in-germany.html– http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/NA014423.html
• Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl– http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/cherno.html#c4– http://www.our-energy.com/chernobyl_disaster.html
• Nuclear ‘Meltdown’ in the USA– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident
• No Dose of Radiation is Safe– http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24147
• Impact of Nuclear Radiation on Humans: Photos– Simple Google search
• Existing Nuclear Plants in India– http://www.npcil.nic.in/main/RTI_Doc01.aspx
References• Proposed Nuclear Plants in India
– http://www.npcil.nic.in/main/RTI_Doc01.aspx
• Approximate Impact Area of Nuclear Accidents in India– Author’s approximation based on information from Chernobyl disaster
• “Switch Off Nuclear Power” Planning Commission G V Ramakrishna statement– http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/guest-writer/switch-off-nuclear-
power/articleshow/7841147.cms
• Americans’ opinion on Nuclear Power– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_america– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_movement_in_the_United_States
• India can save 30-40% of its electricity deficit by simple conservation techniques– As on March 2010: CEA, http://www.cea.nic.in– A Shyam, “Energy Efficiency options for thermal power plants in India”, Jan 21, 2010,
http://www.energycentral.com– Shankar Sharma, “Power sector reforms: a pilot study on Karnataka”,
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in
• We can save 30% increased demand of electricity by 2013 by using energy efficient electrical infrastructure at home
– Girish Sant et.al., “Energy saving potential in Indian households from improved appliance efficiency”, March 2010, http://www.prayaspune.org
References• America is the largest producer of Wind Power
– “Wind Power”, http://en.wikipedia.org; http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php
• Potential of Solar Energy– Union of Concerned Scientists, “How solar energy works”, http://www.ucsusa.org
• Bangalore’s use of Solar Water Heaters– Y. B. Ramakrishna (Chairman of Taskforce on Bio-fuels, Government of Karnataka), Keynote address at
workshop on: “Renewable Energy: Employment & Entrepreneurial opportunities”, June 6-7 2009, Mangalore
• Table of electricity scenario in India– Data from Integrated Energy Policy, 2006, http://planningcommission.nic.in - p. xiii
• Potential of Wind and Solar Energy in India– http://www.wise-cleanenergy.info/green-energy/GE-May-June09.pdf , p. 18
• Investment at Jaitapur Nuclear Plant– http://www.blonnet.com/2010/11/29/stories/2010112952080300.htm
• Problems with the Nuclear Civil Liabilities Bill, 2010– http://environmentpress.in/experts-talk/the-civil-liability-for-nuclear-damage-bill-2010-some-
tentative-observations/
References• Anti-nuclear protests in Germany
– http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12872695
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katie-engelhart/post_1872_b_840877.html
• Anti-nuclear protests in Bulgaria– http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5is79q0vSecm937IIydi3x8Ise6yw?docId=CNG.05699da
f45628fa5b4755fac509ba9e5.441
• Earthquakes in Jaitapur– http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/india/28699015_1_jaitapur-nuclear-power-plant-
earthquake
• Untested reactors by Areva; 3000 faults in design– http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2011/01/26/Down-the-nuclear-tube-in-Jaitapur
• Mumbai High Court statement on People’s Court– http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/mumbai/28658829_1_retired-judges-jaitapur-high-
court
References• Statements by Anil Kakodkar, former chief of AEC
– http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-03-14/news/28688237_1_japan-nuclear-blast-nuclear-reactors-anil-kakodkar
– http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jaitapur-safe-from-tsunami-says-Kakodkar/articleshow/7706325.cms
– http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1537460.ece
• Statements by Srikumar Banerjee, chief of AEC– http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tarapur-reactor-like-japans-but-safer-atomic-energy-
chief/763561
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