Ramamurthy, VS
(2013)
Perceptions and acceptance of public risks.
Vigyan Prasar magazine: Dream-2047, 15 (12).
pp. 39-37.
| Abstract: |
Let me start with some recent newspaper
headlines which I found somewhat
disturbing.
I. Public agitation against the
Koodankulam nuclear power project
II. National moratorium on Bt Brinjal
III. Inter-state controversy over the
Mullaperiyar Dam
The Nuclear Power Corporation
of India is building two 1,000-megawatt
nuclear power plants on Tamil Nadu coast
at a cost more than Rs.10,000 crores. The
plants have been under construction for
nearly a decade and are almost ready for
commissioning. Suddenly, there is a
public uproar against the safety of the
plants, presumably in the backdrop of
the Fukushima nuclear event, with a
demand that the project be scrapped.
Repeated assurances by the experts
do not seem to be convincing the
agitators. That this country cannot
afford to say NO to nuclear power is
also not convincing to the agitators. |
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