Is a Chernobyl imminent in India?

Senior Associate Editor George Iype discussed that question with two proponents of nuclear energy and an anti-nuke voice. They had diverse views.

Dr A Gopalakrishnan, chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board from 1993 to 1996, holds the apex Department of Atomic Energy responsible for all the ills plaguing India's nuclear power projects. Read his views.

The credit for whipping up a people's movement against the controversial Kudankulam project should go to S P Udayakumar. He is a research associate and co-director of programs at the Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota. A native of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, he is engaged in an unorganised struggle against the project. He terms the nuclear power programme a "money-wasting disaster". Read his views.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited Chairman and Managing Director V K Chaturvedi is responsible for all nuclear power plants in India. Chaturvedi scoffs at the allegation that our plants do not conform to safety norms.Read his views.

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