Koodankulam: Assuming It Safe Is Suicidal by admin_dianuke

KOODAANKULAM: FEELING SAFE?

Arati Chokshi

The above CLICKABLE image shows the soup of seismic activity that surrounds the KKNPP. Each red dot represents a recorded earthquake; the size is indicative of the intensity - smallest dot is a magnitude 4.0 earthquake while the biggest one towards botton left is a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, 1500 km away. The red line on the image represents a 250km scale. Remember that the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that devastated the Tamil Nadu coast was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra - about 2000 km away!!!

Are we sure we are ready to have Koodankulam 1 go critical? Then, brace yourselves guys...

(lifted from I witness by Arati Chokshi, where she blogs about nuclear and other things)

Koodankulam a Threat to Large Populations

Prof. Elaine Hunter

This is a brief article to emphasize that the Koodankulam nuclear power plants (KKNPP) are sited much too close to the large populations of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Sri Lanka. The 2011 map of populations in India reveals clearly that South India has a population density of 501-1000 persons per square kilometer. Such regions ranks second highest in population density for India. Plus South India includes a few areas with the highest population densities, over 1001 persons per square kilometer. Sri Lanka has a population of about 20 million and the most densely populated areas face toward India.