Committee raises concerns about Jaitapur nuclear plant – Times of India by DiaNuke.org

NEW DELHI: A national committee of political parties said on Thursday that the location of six reactors in Maharashtra's Jaitapur raises the risk of an accident substantially.

After a meeting in Delhi, the National Committee in Solidarity with Jaitapur Struggle issued a statement saying, "It is not clear how the issues of spent fuel storage are being addressed in Jaitapur considering the kind of risks that are now clear after Fukushima."

Prakash Karat (CPM), A B Bardhan and D Raja (CPI), Ramvilas Paswan & Abdul Khaliq (LJP), Venugopal Reddy (TDP), Danish Ali (JD(S) and Vivek Monterio (CITU) attended the meeting.

There is not one plant of this design that has yet been commissioned in the world, with plants in Okilkuoto and Flamanville running into serious problems, both in their construction and regulatory issues, the committee observed.

"The reactors being purchased from Areva company in France are of untested technology and are exorbitantly expensive. So far the actual price and details of the agreement between Areva and the NPCIL have not been made public. The cost per unit of electricity of such a plant will be 3-4 times that of equivalent coal-fired plants," the statement said.