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No Imported Nuclear Plants, No Compromise Safety via People’s Democracy

Posted on 2012/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The mega nuclear parks planned to be set up in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh with US reactors would also be costly. The whole idea of importing nuclear reactors on such a large scale is unviable and is part of … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear India pictures via Reuters

Posted on 2012/09/16 by kojimaaiko

A demonstrator shouts slogans near a nuclear power project during a protest in Kudankulam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu September 10, 2012. Riot police fired tear gas to break up thousands of protesters on a beach near … Continue reading →

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[video] Women power vs nuclear power in Kudankulam

Posted on 2012/09/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi
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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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India to renew pitch for nuclear disarmament via Zeenews

Posted on 2012/08/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New Delhi: India is set to renew its pitch for universal nuclear disarmament at a conference here onTuesday, an idea first thrown up by the late Rajiv Gandhi. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will inaugurate the National Outreach Conference on … Continue reading →

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On a bad power trip via Power Engineering

Posted on 2012/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NEW DELHI, Aug. 14 — The unprecedented northern power grid failure on July 30 and the North-eastern power grid failure on July 31 plunged 700 million Indians into darkness. This is an ominous warning of a deep crisis in our … Continue reading →

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Kudankulam Unit-1 Gets Go-Ahead For Fuel Loading via NucNet

Posted on 2012/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

13 Aug (NucNet): India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given approval for initial fuel loading and first approach to criticality of unit-1 of Kudankulam nuclear power station at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. AERB said the approval was given on … Continue reading →

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Are we not alive?: Women ask as the govt nukes Koodankulam via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2012/08/11 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

As I sit here in my home village of Idinthikara watching the hot sun light up the waves rolling onto the shores, I think of the news that has hit the world today about the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. All … Continue reading →

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