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Centre gives green signal for Jaitapur nuke plant

Jairam Ramesh
Mumbai, Nov 28: The Central government on Sunday, Nov 28 has given a green signal for the construction of nuclear power plant in Maharashtra.

The Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh issued the clearance for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant. It was India's first nuclear plant to be set up in collaboration with a French firm.

During the press conference, Jairam Ramesh said that he was very happy to give the nod for the Jaitapur nuclear plant. He also added that nuclear power is the cleanest option for power.

The new nuclear power plant will be set up by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) with help of French company Areva. It was India's first plant under civil nuclear agreement with France.

Earlier, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Environment Ministry has recommended a conditional environmental clearance to the 10,000 MW nuclear power plant.

NPCIL is expecting that the first unit of the project will be commissioned in 2017-18.

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.. due to nonaccountability and the culture of explaining away of failures without due honest commitment of bureaucracy, ill-knowledgeable ministers, and abiove all political obsession with power capture for misuse, and on top, unbelievable and ubiquitious corruption.
MMK Ra 28 Nov 2010 06:21 pm
.. as well as muddling along with a meaningless humbug of a policy to defy nonproliferation principle, which has been only recently "circumvented" due to our scientists throwing up their hands and demanding import of everything for nuclear power, India is now starting to talk of big plans. Without a totally new apprach to management providing a controlling interest to private enterprise, under broad govt. regulatory guidelines,the present plans are likely to flounder due to nonaccountability...
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