Mr Prime Minister, Importing Nuclear Reactors Is Bad Economics ! by admin_dianuke

Dr. E A S Sarma

Former Union Power Secretary, Govt of India

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E.A.S.Sarma
14-40-4/1 Gokhale Road
Maharanipeta
visakhapatnam 530002

To
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister

Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh,

Subject:- High cost of imported nuclear reactors at the expense of the Indian tax payer

Ref.:-
My letter dated 17-12-2011 addressed to you
Reported statement of Secretary (DAE) on the high cost of imported nuclear power reactors

In addition to pointing out the inherent dangers of nuclear power, I had written to you earlier, vide my letter cited above, on the huge contingent liability that the imported nuclear reactors will impose on the Indian tax payer, as a result of the diluted nuclear civil liability law that your government has enacted. I enclose a copy of that letter for your ready reference. If Fukushima provides any indication, the contingent liability will be in excess of Rs. 33 crores per MW. This is over and above the high capital cost of imported nuclear power reactors being purchased on a nomination basis, without any competitive bidding and the high cost of the imported fuel that goes along with the reactors.