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‘If govt can’t handle garbage, how will it handle nuclear waste?’ via FIRSTPOST.India

Posted on 2012/09/12 by norma field

Arundhati Roy expresses solidarity with Kudankulam supporters Our Government has shown itself incapable of even being able to dispose day to day garbage, leave alone industrial effluent or urban sewage. How does it dare to say that it knows how … Continue reading →

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India nuclear protesters wade into sea to escape police charge via Reuters

Posted on 2012/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Indian riot police fired tear gas to break up thousands of protesters on a beach near the country’s largest nuclear power project, due to fire up within weeks despite months of opposition. Demonstrators waded into the crashing waves … Continue reading →

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1 Democratic protest. 8,000 Sedition cases. Is this a free country? via Tehelka

Posted on 2012/09/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The protest over the nuclear plant in Koodankulam has claimed the livelihood of thousands, with bogus charges filed and restrictions on their occupation, reports Soumik Mukherjee IDINTHAKARAI, A small coastal village in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, overlooks a horizon dotted … Continue reading →

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インド 原発反対で一時身柄拘束 via NHK NewsWeb

Posted on 2012/03/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

（抜粋） インド南部のタミルナド州にあるクダンクラム原子力発電所では、去年の秋に運転開始を予定していましたが、東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の事故を受けて、ハンガーストライキなど住民の反対運動が広がっています。 ２３日も、原発の建設に反対する政党の支持者や住民が、集会を開くために別の町で集まっていたところ、５００人余りが警察に一時、身柄を拘束されました。 警察では混乱を未然に防ぐためだったとしていますが、原発反対の運動で５００人が一度に拘束されたのはこれが初めてで、当局が反対運動の拡大に神経をとがらせていることがうかがえます。 全文はインド 原発反対で一時身柄拘束 ◇ 当サイト既出関連記事： ・SUPPORT INDIAN PROTESTORS! CLOSE KUDANKULAM REACTORS–BEFORE THEY OPEN! via Nuclear Resource and Information Service

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PM says American NGOs fund nuclear protests via Reuters

Posted on 2012/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – American NGOs fund the protests that hold India back from building the nuclear reactors it needs to meet fast-growing energy needs, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in an interview published in Science magazine on Friday. Among the plants … Continue reading →

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India Says Work at Russia-Built Nuclear Plant Remains Stalled via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2012/01/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — Nuclear Power Corp. of India said work at its plant at Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, being built with Russia’s help, remains at a standstill following continuing protests by villagers near the site. … Continue reading →

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How to Make Nuclear “OK” via The Diplomat

Posted on 2011/12/26 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The “strategic partnership” between India and Russia received another symbolic boost with the visit of India’s prime minister to Moscow from December 15 to 17. While the bilateral relationship between the two countries has always been important considering India’s defense … Continue reading →

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Palayamkottai to rally in support of agitation against nuclear plant via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/11/02 by snasser

The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) will organise a demonstration at Palayamkottai on November 5 in support of the ongoing anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project agitations. Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, PMANE activists Mano Thangaraj, Lena Kumar and S.P. … Continue reading →

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Energetic meet points outpost-Fukushima second thoughts via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/11/02 by snasser

Even as India debates the pros and cons of the Kudankulam nuclear power project, several developed countries have already resolved to scrap their nuclear plants, experts at an energy conclave said on Monday. Addressing the 14th regional conclave of the … Continue reading →

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KKNPP: residents stage demonstration via The Hindu

Posted on 2011/10/26 by snasser

Hundreds of people from different parts of the district staged a demonstration here in support of people who were observing relay fast at Idinthakarai on Monday. Fishermen of the district did not venture into sea for fishing in support of … Continue reading →

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