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SC seeks report on compliance of safety features of Kudankulam n-plant
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Apr, 2018
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Ltd (NPCIL) to file an affidavit indicating the progress made on safety
features of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu's
Tirunelveli district.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra,
Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud sought the report
from NPCIL, after it was informed that the nuclear plant has advanced
safety features.
The nuclear plant was designed to withstand
earthquakes and other such threats, Additional Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, eppearing for the NPCIL, told the bench.
The bench was
hearing an application filed by NPCIL seeking an extension of time to
complete the away-from-reactor (AFR) facility for spent fuel according
to the top court's directions passed in a judgment in May 2013.
NPCIL sought extension until April 2022 for the construction of an AFR facility for the Kudankulam plant.
Mehta
told the bench that process to complete the AFR facility was going on
and the spent fuel is stored near the plant, which is designed to
survive earthquakes as per the specific site.
Adovcate Prashant
Bhushan, who was appearing for the petitioner, opposed the NPCIL plea,
contending that even after the fuel rods were out of service, they
remain radioactive for a long time.
The apex court by its 2013
judgement gave nod to operationalise the first unit of the KNPP with a
direction to the government and NPCIL to submit a report on the
compliance of all safety steps before the plant is commissioned.
It
had asked the government and the NPCIL to find suitably safe areas to
dispose the nuclear waste and also issued guidelines on commissioning,
safety and security and environmental issues concerning the nuclear
plant.
Giving a judicial nod for the commissioning of the KKNPP,
the top court in the judgement had noted that of the "17 suggested
safety measures, by AERB, LWR, 12 have already been implemented" and the
rest have to be implemented in a phased manner, as per experts, for
extra security.
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