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Date: 2011/3/17
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Date: 2011/3/16
Subject: Fwd: jaitapur tharav cpi
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From: bhalchandra kango <bkkango@gmail.com>
Date: 2011/3/14
Subject: jaitapur tharav cpi
To: yugantarweekly <yugantarweekly@gmail.com>


                         
                                   २६ एप्रिल  "" जैतापूर अणु प्रकल्प  हटाव " दिन  म्हणून पाळा!  भारतीय communist  पक्षाच्या  राज्य कौन्सिल  चे  आवाहन  !

                जैतापूर  येथील  नागरिक व  कोकण बचाव समिती  सरकारच्या  जैतापूर येथे  अरेवा या फ्रेच कंपनी च्या सहकार्याने  निर्माण करीत असलेल्या  अणु उर्जा  प्रकल्पाला  तीव्र विरोध करीत आहेंत. 
 
                भारतीय कम्मुनिस्त पक्ष  व इतर डावे पक्ष व अनेक जनसंघटना  देखील या प्रकल्प ला  विरोध करीत आहेत  या  जन्विरोधला  न जुमानता  सरकार दडपशाही  करून हा विरोध मोडण्याचा प्रयतन 

               करीत आहे. मा. न्या. कोळसे पाटील . वैशाली पाटील , व अनेक लोकां वर जिल्हा बंदी घातली आहे. स्थानिक पुढार्यांना जेल मध्ये ठेवले आहे. उद्योग मंत्री नारायण राणे  हे  आपल्या  खास  शैली ने 
 
                दादागिरी  करून  विरोधकांना  धमकावत आहेत. या  दडपशाहीचा  भा. क. प. च्या  राज्य परिषदेच्या  बैठकीत  निषेध करण्यात आला व  अटक केलेल्या पुढारी व कार्यकर्त्यांना त्वरित सोडावे ,

               व  जिल्हा बंदी मागे घ्यावी असी मागणी केली आहे. जपान मध्ये आलेल्या सुनामी व भूकंप नंतर अणु प्रकल्प  व  सुरक्षितता हा किती गंभीर व महत्वाचा प्रश्न आहे हे आता ध्यानात येत आहे. जैतापूर 
  
              हे भूकंप प्रवण क्षेत्रात येते व त्यामुळे या ठिकाणी अणु प्रकल्प  बांधणे  योग्य नाही. त्याच प्रमाणे हा प्रकल्प परदेशी  कंपन्या  व  तेथील सत्ताधार्यांना भारत अमेरिका अणु करार केल्या नंतर  iaea  मध्ये  

              भारताला मत दिल्या बदल दिलेली किमत आहे. वीज निर्मातीचे इतर मार्ग व भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान उपलब्ध असताना  जनतेचा विरोध असताना  हा प्रकल्प  पुढे  नेण्याचा आग्रह कशासाठी/? हा प्रश्न जनता 

                 विचारीत आहे. २६ एप्रिल ला चेर्नोबिल  , युक्रेन  मधील रशिअन अणु प्रकल्पाला अपघात होऊन शेकडो लोक मेले , अनेकांना cancer  ने गाठले , याची आठवण आज जपान मध्ये आलेल्या भूकंपाने 

                करून दिली आहे. भा. क. प च्या राज्य परिषदेने  सर्व राज्यभर मेळावे, सभा  आयोजित करून या प्रकल्पाला विरोध का ? याची माहित देऊन जनतेचा रेटा निर्माण करून  सरकारला हा प्रकल्प रद्द करावयास 
  
                      भाग  पडावे., व हा दिवस  '' जैतापूर अणु प्रकल्प हटाव दिन '' म्हणून पाळावा असे आवहन केले आहे.  . नागपूर, औरंगाबाद. अमरावती, कोल्हापूर. पुणे. सांगली. नासिक  नांदेड  व मुंबई  या दहा शहरात  आय टक 
           
                     व वीज कामगार फेडरेशन  जनजागृती मेळावे घेणार आहे, ते  यशस्वी करावेत.                

                  यशस्वी  करण्यासाठी पुढाकार घ्यावा,असे  आवहान  केले आहे.  
                              




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Cell: +91-98207 09372 (Arun) / +91-96195 96925 (Adwait)

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Cell: +91-98692 89457 (Madhu)

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Fwd: Stop Jaitapur Project _ CPM Polit Bureau-15Mar11



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From: अभिजित Abhijit <abhijit13@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Stop Jaitapur Project _ CPM Polit Bureau-15Mar11
To: Konkan Bachao Samiti Mumbai <kbsamiti.mumbai@gmail.com>
Cc: Adwait Pednekar <adwait.pednekar@gmail.com>, Amit Narkar <narkaram@gmail.com>, Arun Velaskar <mlcpiarun@gmail.com>, "Dr. Vivek Monteiro" <vivekmonteiro@yahoo.com>, "Konkan Bachao Samiti, Pune" <kbsamiti.pune@gmail.com>, Madhu Mohite <mmrmohite@yahoo.com>, Mangesh Chavan <mangeshchavan007@gmail.com>, Sanjay Singhavi <xsanjayx@gmail.com>, Anil Vagal <bhagirathiproducts@yahoo.co.in>, Atul Baride <barideatul@gmail.com>, Avinash Kadam <avinashh58@yahoo.com>, Bal Jagtap <baljagtap@yahoo.com>, Deepti Anjarlekar <anjdeepti@rediffmail.com>, "Dr. Anant Phadke" <anant.phadke@gmail.com>, "Dr. Arvind Redkar" <dr_arvindredkar@yahoo.com>, "Dr. Hemu Adhikari" <hemuadhikari@gmail.com>, "Dr. Manjusha Pandav" <drpandav@gmail.com>, "Dr. Mohan Deshpande" <mohandeshpande.aabha@gmail.com>, "Dr. Paresh Vaidya" <pr_vaidya@yahoo.com>, Ganesh Chindarkar <ganeshc@aambyvalley.com>, Geeta Mahashabde <geeta_uam@yahoo.com>, Joseph Pinto <sangatizuzay@gmail.com>, Milind Kale <kale.milind@gmail.com>, Nitin Thatte <nitthatte@yahoo.com>, Pradeep Deshpande <proton54@gmail.com>, Prafull Pandav <prafullp@gmail.com>, Prakash Burte <burte.burte@gmail.com>, Prerana Rane <prerana_rane@yahoo.com>, "S. N. Guttikar" <guttikarsn@gmail.com>, Seema Ketkar <seemaketkar@hotmail.com>, Shaila Mane <smmane14@hotmail.com>, Shalmali Redkar <shalmali_for_friendz@yahoo.co.in>, "Subhir M. R." <subhir14@yahoo.com>, Subodh More <subodhvidrohi@hotmail.com>, Suhas Paranjape <suhas.paranjape@gmail.com>, Ajit Abhyankar <abhyankar2004@gmail.com>, Dinesh Abrol <dinesh.abrol@gmail.com>, "Dr. Ashok Dhawale" <ashokdhawale@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. D. L. Karad" <dr.dlkarad@gmail.com>, Kiran Moghe <kiranmoghe@gmail.com>, Kumar Shiralkar <kumarshiralkar@gmail.com>, "Com. A. D. Golandaz" <adgolandaz@hotmail.com>, "Com. D. Raja" <rajacpi@yahoo.co.in>, "Com. Dr. Bhalchandra Kango" <bkkango@gmail.com>, "Com. Govind Pansare / Megha Pansare" <megha_pansare@rediffmail.com>, "Com. Prakash Reddy" <comrade.reddy@gmail.com>, "Com. Sushil Lad" <sushillad@yahoo.com>, "Com. Uday Choudhari" <shambuksu@gmail.com>, "Dr. Bharat Karia" <dr.bharatkaria@gmail.com>, Prakash Vishwasrao <lokvangmayagriha@gmail.com>, Sukumar Damle <sukumar_damle@yahoo.co.in>, Aditya Khebudkar <adya.kk@gmail.com>, Ajit Gaunekar <ajitaman@gmail.com>, Akhilendra Pratap Singh <apsinghtikrikala@yahoo.com>, Amruta Walimbe <walimbeamruta@gmail.com>, Anand Patwardhan <anandpat@gmail.com>, Anand Sarup <sarupanand@hotmail.com>, Anand Tangsali <atangsali@yahoo.com>, Aruna Roy <arunaroy@gmail.com>, Asmita MJ <asmitamj@yahoo.com>, Bala Gavankar <rgavankar@rediffmail.com>, Bhanudas Dhuri <dhuri.bhanudas@gmail.com>, Datta Desai <dattakdesai@gmail.com>, Dipankar Bhattacharya <liberation@cpiml.org>, "Dr. Ajit Nawale" <ajitnawale_2007@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. Aparna Watve" <aparnawatve1@gmail.com>, "Dr. Arun Mitra" <idpd2001@hotmail.com>, "Dr. N. P. Chaubey" <issaald@gmail.com>, "Dr. Subodh Wagle" <subodhwagle@gmail.com>, "Dr. Sudhir Paranjape" <paranjape51@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. Tetali Pundarikakshudu" <tetalip@gmail.com>, Heffa Schücking <heffa@urgewald.de>, Jaya Mehta <jaya_mehta@hotmail.com>, Joy K J <joykjjoy@gmail.com>, K Ashok Rao <kashokrao@gmail.com>, Krishnakant <tokrishnakant@gmail.com>, Lalita Ramdas <lalitagpi@gmail.com>, Lata P M <latapm@gmail.com>, Lollyramu Ramdas <lramdas@gmail.com>, Milind Pandit <panditmm@yahoo.com>, Mukta Ashok <muktaashok@yahoo.com>, Prakash Sohoni <pks_1555@yahoo.co.in>, Pravin Gavankar <pravingawankar@gmail.com>, Pravin Nadkar 'IFTU' <pnadkar@yahoo.com>, "Prof. S. V. Ranade" <svranade2001@yahoo.co.in>, Rafeeq Ellias <wanderingfakir@hotmail.com>, Rajan Raje <rajan.raje@yahoo.com>, Ravi Kadam <mitra.ravindra@gmail.com>, Roshan <roshan@resist.ca>, "S. P. Shukla" <manjuspshukla@gmail.com>, Sanjeev Chandorkar <sanchan_2011@rediffmail.com>, Sanjeev Sane <neetasanjeev@hotmail.com>, Sanjyot Deuskar <sanjyot.deuskar@gmail.com>, Sanober Keshwaar <ksanober@gmail.com>, Santosh Thakur <thakursantoshn@gmail.com>, Saraswati Kavula <skavula09@gmail.com>, Satyajit Chavan <satyajitchavan@yahoo.co.in>, Shirish Medhi <shirishmedhi@yahoo.com>, Singamsetty Bhujangarao <space.disabled@yahoo.co.in>, Suhas Mainkar <mainkar.suhas@gmail.com>, Suniti Vinay <andolan.sunitivinay@gmail.com>, Surekha Sule <surekha52@yahoo.com>, Tejal Kanitkar <tejal.kanitkar@gmail.com>, Vasant Shirali <shirali_vasant@rediffmail.com>, Vineet Tiwari <comvineet@gmail.com>, Yogesh Kamble 'Muktiyaan' <muktiyaan@gmail.com>, Yusuf Meherally Center <yusufmeherally@gmail.com>, Deepika D'Souza <deepika.dsouza@hrln.org>, Gayatri Singh <gayatrijsingh@yahoo.co.in>, Kranti <krantilc@gmail.com>, "Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan" <agk37@hotmail.com>, "Dr. EAS Sarma" <eassarma@gmail.com>, "Dr. Helen Caldicott" <info@helencaldicott.com>, Amjad Borkar <borkaraal@gmail.com>, "Dr. Arjun Makhijani" <arjun@ieer.org>, "Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool" <bsovacool@nus.edu.sg>, "Dr. Milind Desai" <milind.desai95@gmail.com>, "Dr. SP Udayakumar" <drspudayakumar@yahoo.com>, "Dr. Surendra Gadekar" <anumukti@gmx.net>, "Dr. Suvrat Raju" <suvrat.raju@gmail.com>, M V Ramana <m_v_ramana@yahoo.com>, "Prof. Banwarilal Sharma" <azadi.bachao.andolan@gmail.com>, Shri Prakash <prakash.shri@gmail.com>, Sukla Sen <sukla.sen@gmail.com>


Good if they talk against Jaitapur. But why only Jaitapur? Are they are also going to scrap the Haripur project in West Bengal ? 

अभिजित अ. मी.  Abhijit A. M.
Phone: +91 9422308125






On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Konkan Bachao Samiti Mumbai <kbsamiti.mumbai@gmail.com> wrote:
For your info.
Adwai

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Konkan Bachao Samiti - Mumbai
Website: www.
180 – C. J. J. Kini Lane, Dharavi Road,

Dharavi Koliwada, Mahim (E), Mumbai 400 017

Tel.: +91-22-2404 1186

Cell: +91-98207 09372 (Arun) / +91-96195 96925 (Adwait)

Yusuf Meherally Center, D/15, Ganesh Prasad, Nausur Bharucha Road,

Grant Road (W), Mumbai 400 007

Tel.: +91-22–2387 0097; Fax: +91-22-2388 9738

Cell: +91-98692 89457 (Madhu)

CITU Bhandup Kendra, Sangharsh, Quarry Road, Bhandup,

Mumbai 400 078

Tel.: +91-22-2594 0251; Fax: +91-22-2594 0838

Cell: +91-98693 61602 (Vivek)

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Fwd: 'Stop the nuclear renaissance'



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From: Sukla Sen <sukla.sen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Subject: 'Stop the nuclear renaissance'
To: Konkan Bachao Samiti Mumbai <kbsamiti.mumbai@gmail.com>
Cc: Adwait Pednekar <adwait.pednekar@gmail.com>, Amit Narkar <narkaram@gmail.com>, Arun Velaskar <mlcpiarun@gmail.com>, "Dr. Vivek Monteiro" <vivekmonteiro@yahoo.com>, "Konkan Bachao Samiti, Pune" <kbsamiti.pune@gmail.com>, Madhu Mohite <mmrmohite@yahoo.com>, Mangesh Chavan <mangeshchavan007@gmail.com>, Sanjay Singhavi <xsanjayx@gmail.com>, Anil Vagal <bhagirathiproducts@yahoo.co.in>, Atul Baride <barideatul@gmail.com>, Avinash Kadam <avinashh58@yahoo.com>, Bal Jagtap <baljagtap@yahoo.com>, Deepti Anjarlekar <anjdeepti@rediffmail.com>, "Dr. Anant Phadke" <anant.phadke@gmail.com>, "Dr. Arvind Redkar" <dr_arvindredkar@yahoo.com>, "Dr. Hemu Adhikari" <hemuadhikari@gmail.com>, "Dr. Manjusha Pandav" <drpandav@gmail.com>, "Dr. Mohan Deshpande" <mohandeshpande.aabha@gmail.com>, "Dr. Paresh Vaidya" <pr_vaidya@yahoo.com>, Ganesh Chindarkar <ganeshc@aambyvalley.com>, Geeta Mahashabde <geeta_uam@yahoo.com>, Joseph Pinto <sangatizuzay@gmail.com>, Milind Kale <kale.milind@gmail.com>, Nitin Thatte <nitthatte@yahoo.com>, Pradeep Deshpande <proton54@gmail.com>, Prafull Pandav <prafullp@gmail.com>, Prakash Burte <burte.burte@gmail.com>, Prerana Rane <prerana_rane@yahoo.com>, "S. N. Guttikar" <guttikarsn@gmail.com>, Seema Ketkar <seemaketkar@hotmail.com>, Shaila Mane <smmane14@hotmail.com>, Shalmali Redkar <shalmali_for_friendz@yahoo.co.in>, "Subhir M. R." <subhir14@yahoo.com>, Subodh More <subodhvidrohi@hotmail.com>, Suhas Paranjape <suhas.paranjape@gmail.com>, Ajit Abhyankar <abhyankar2004@gmail.com>, Dinesh Abrol <dinesh.abrol@gmail.com>, "Dr. Ashok Dhawale" <ashokdhawale@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. D. L. Karad" <dr.dlkarad@gmail.com>, Kiran Moghe <kiranmoghe@gmail.com>, Kumar Shiralkar <kumarshiralkar@gmail.com>, "Com. A. D. Golandaz" <adgolandaz@hotmail.com>, "Com. D. Raja" <rajacpi@yahoo.co.in>, "Com. Dr. Bhalchandra Kango" <bkkango@gmail.com>, "Com. Govind Pansare / Megha Pansare" <megha_pansare@rediffmail.com>, "Com. Prakash Reddy" <comrade.reddy@gmail.com>, "Com. Sushil Lad" <sushillad@yahoo.com>, "Com. Uday Choudhari" <shambuksu@gmail.com>, "Dr. Bharat Karia" <dr.bharatkaria@gmail.com>, Prakash Vishwasrao <lokvangmayagriha@gmail.com>, Sukumar Damle <sukumar_damle@yahoo.co.in>, Aditya Khebudkar <adya.kk@gmail.com>, Ajit Gaunekar <ajitaman@gmail.com>, Akhilendra Pratap Singh <apsinghtikrikala@yahoo.com>, Amruta Walimbe <walimbeamruta@gmail.com>, Anand Patwardhan <anandpat@gmail.com>, Anand Sarup <sarupanand@hotmail.com>, Anand Tangsali <atangsali@yahoo.com>, Aruna Roy <arunaroy@gmail.com>, Asmita MJ <asmitamj@yahoo.com>, Bala Gavankar <rgavankar@rediffmail.com>, Bhanudas Dhuri <dhuri.bhanudas@gmail.com>, Datta Desai <dattakdesai@gmail.com>, Dipankar Bhattacharya <liberation@cpiml.org>, "Dr. Ajit Nawale" <ajitnawale_2007@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. Aparna Watve" <aparnawatve1@gmail.com>, "Dr. Arun Mitra" <idpd2001@hotmail.com>, "Dr. N. P. Chaubey" <issaald@gmail.com>, "Dr. Subodh Wagle" <subodhwagle@gmail.com>, "Dr. Sudhir Paranjape" <paranjape51@yahoo.co.in>, "Dr. Tetali Pundarikakshudu" <tetalip@gmail.com>, Heffa Schücking <heffa@urgewald.de>, Jaya Mehta <jaya_mehta@hotmail.com>, Joy K J <joykjjoy@gmail.com>, K Ashok Rao <kashokrao@gmail.com>, Krishnakant <tokrishnakant@gmail.com>, Lalita Ramdas <lalitagpi@gmail.com>, Lata P M <latapm@gmail.com>, Lollyramu Ramdas <lramdas@gmail.com>, Milind Pandit <panditmm@yahoo.com>, Mukta Ashok <muktaashok@yahoo.com>, Prakash Sohoni <pks_1555@yahoo.co.in>, Pravin Gavankar <pravingawankar@gmail.com>, Pravin Nadkar 'IFTU' <pnadkar@yahoo.com>, "Prof. S. V. Ranade" <svranade2001@yahoo.co.in>, Rafeeq Ellias <wanderingfakir@hotmail.com>, Rajan Raje <rajan.raje@yahoo.com>, Ravi Kadam <mitra.ravindra@gmail.com>, Roshan <roshan@resist.ca>, "S. P. 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http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/2011317104344324144.html

'Stop the nuclear renaissance'
Japan's nuclear crisis sparked by earthquake is only latest in long line of nuclear accidents across world.
Benjamin K. Sovacool Last Modified: 18 Mar 2011 14:37

Japan's nuclear crisis is a nightmare, but it is not an anomaly.

In fact, it is only the latest in a long line of nuclear accidents involving meltdowns, explosions, fires, and loss of coolant – accidents that have occurred during both normal operation and emergency conditions, such as droughts and earthquakes.

Nuclear safety demands clarity about terms. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States generally separates unplanned nuclear "events" into two classes, "incidents" and "accidents".

Incidents are unforeseen events and technical failures that occur during normal plant operation and result in no off-site releases of radiation or severe damage to equipment. Accidents refer to either off-site releases of radiation or severe damage to plant equipment.

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale uses a seven-level ranking scheme to rate the significance of nuclear and radiological events: levels 1-3 are "incidents", and 4-7 are "accidents", with a "Level 7 Major Accident" consisting of "a major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures."

Under these classifications, the number of nuclear accidents, even including the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini, is low. But if one redefines an accident to include incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than $50,000 in property damage, a very different picture emerges.

At least 99 nuclear accidents meeting this definition, totaling more than $20.5 billion in damages, occurred worldwide from 1952 to 2009 – or more than one incident and $330 million in damage every year, on average, for the past three decades. And, of course, this average does not include the Fukushima catastrophe.

Indeed, when compared to other energy sources, nuclear power ranks higher than oil, coal, and natural gas systems in terms of fatalities, second only to hydroelectric dams. There have been 57 accidents since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. While only a few involved fatalities, those that did collectively killed more people than have died in commercial US airline accidents since 1982.

Another index of nuclear-power accidents – this one including costs beyond death and property damage, such as injured or irradiated workers and malfunctions that did not result in shutdowns or leaks – documented 956 incidents from 1942 to 2007. And yet another documented more than 30,000 mishaps at US nuclear-power plants alone, many with the potential to have caused serious meltdowns, between the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and 2009.

Mistakes are not limited to reactor sites. Accidents at the Savannah River reprocessing plant released ten times as much radio­iodine as the accident at Three Mile Island, and a fire at the Gulf United facility in New York in 1972 scattered an undisclosed amount of plutonium, forcing the plant to shut down permanently.

At the Mayak Industrial Reprocessing Complex in Russia's southern Urals, a storage tank holding nitrate acetate salts exploded in 1957, releasing a massive amount of radioactive material over 20,000 square kilometers, forcing the evacuation of 272,000 people. In September 1994, an explosion at Indonesia's Serpong research reactor was triggered by the ignition of methane gas that had seeped from a storage room and exploded when a worker lit a cigarette.

Accidents have also occurred when nuclear reactors are shut down for refueling or to move spent nuclear fuel into storage. In 1999, operators loading spent fuel into dry-storage at the Trojan Reactor in Oregon found that the protective zinc-carbon coating had started to produce hydrogen, which caused a small explosion.

Unfortunately, on-­site accidents at nuclear reactors and fuel facilities are not the only cause of concern. The August 2003 blackout in the northeastern US revealed that more than a dozen nuclear reactors in the US and Canada were not properly maintaining backup diesel generators. In Ontario during the blackout, reactors designed to unlink from the grid automatically and remain in standby mode instead went into full shutdown, with only two of twelve reac­tors behaving as expected.

As environmental lawyers Richard Webster and Julie LeMense argued in 2008, "the nuclear industry…is like the financial industry was prior to the crisis" that erupted that year. "[T]here are many risks that are not being properly managed or regulated."

This state of affairs is worrying, to say the least, given the severity of harm that a single serious accident can cause. The meltdown of a 500-megawatt reactor located 30 miles from a city would cause the immediate death of an estimated 45,000 people, injure roughly another 70,000, and cause $17 billion in property damage.

A successful attack or accident at the Indian Point power plant near New York City, apparently part of Al Qaeda's original plan for September 11, 2001, would have resulted in 43,700 immediate fatalities and 518,000 cancer deaths, with cleanup costs reaching $2 trillion.

To put a serious accident in context, according to data from my forthcoming book Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power, if 10 million people were exposed to radiation from a complete nuclear meltdown (the containment structures fail completely, exposing the inner reactor core to air), about 100,000 would die from acute radiation sickness within six weeks. About 50,000 would experience acute breathlessness, and 240,000 would develop acute hypothyroidism. About 350,000 males would be temporarily sterile, 100,000 women would stop menstruating, and 100,000 children would be born with cognitive deficiencies. There would be thousands of spontaneous abortions and more than 300,000 later cancers.

Advocates of nuclear energy have made considerable political headway around the world in recent years, touting it as a safe, clean, and reliable alternative to fossil fuels. But the historical record clearly shows otherwise. Perhaps the unfolding tragedy in Japan will finally be enough to stop the nuclear renaissance from materialising.

Benjamin K. Sovacool, a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is the author of Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power and co-author of the forthcoming The International Politics of Nuclear Power.

This article was first published by Project Syndicate.

The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.




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Hi Atul Baride,

I have just supported the people of Jaitapur. Please read the mail below and take action at http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Nuclear-Unsafe/show-your-support-for-the-people-of-jaitapur/

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Dear ,

Earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear emergency, what has happened in Japan is extremely sad. My thoughts are with the people of Japan. The crisis at Fukushima continues to be a race against time, and is clearly not under control.

India has a lot of lessons to learn from Japan. The nuclear reactors planned in the country, especially in Jaitapur, Maharashtra need to be reviewed.[1] It is also an earthquake prone zone, which the authorities are trying to downplay. When Japan with its advanced technology is struggling with the situation, imagine what could happen in India?

People in Jaitapur don't want this nuclear plant.[2] Commerzbank, the second largest bank in Germany, has refused to invest in the project.[3]The government needs to know that people all across the country support those opposing the nuclear plant in Jaitapur.

You should show your support for the people in Jaitapur.

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Nuclear-Unsafe/show-your-support-for-the-people-of-jaitapur/

Over 44,000 people have already signed this petition. Last year, we were able to bring changes to the nuclear liability with the help of several petition signatures. More signatures will help show the government that the opposition to this dangerous nuclear technology spreads beyond state boundaries.

Nuclear energy is a gamble and the risks can be deadly. The Government needs to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency, that is not only environmentally sound but also affordable and reliable

Like the impact of the nuclear emergency in Japan can have impacts across borders, a nuclear accident in Jaitapur could also threaten Mumbai. We don't need dangerous energy. Tell them now by supporting the people of Jaitapur.

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Nuclear-Unsafe/show-your-support-for-the-people-of-jaitapur/

Thanks a billion!


Karuna Raina
Greenpeace India



Sources:
1. Maharashtra committed to set up up Jaitapur nuclear power plant: Governor, Times of India, March 14, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-committed-to-set-up-up-Jaitapur-nuclear-power-plant-Governor/articleshow/7702948.cms

2. Stir over Jaitapur Nuclear plant intensifies, www.ibnlive.com, February 27, 2011 http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stir-over-jaitapur-nuclear-plant-intensifies/144526-3.html

3.German bank pulls out of Jaitapur nuclear project: Greenpeace, www.sify.com and IANS, March 15, 2011
http://www.sify.com/news/german-bank-pulls-out-of-jaitapur-nuclear-project-greenpeace-news-national-ldppkgibegf.html

4. Nuclear power could cost trillions over renewables Scientific American, June 19, 2009
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=nuclear-power-could-cost-trillions-2009-06-19

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