Socialist Party (India) demands an independent inquiry into Kakrapar Nuclear Plant leak in Gujarat. According to the news, “a rupture in the coolant system of one of the nuclear reactors at Kakrapar, Gujarat, on Friday morning forced the authorities to indefinitely shut down the plant” (source).
As Atomic Energy Regulatory Board comes under the Department of Atomic Energy of Government of India, we demand an independent inquiry to be done by independent national and/or International experts.
Earlier this week it was exposed that even after 30 years of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, local people were exposed to nuclear radiation as they were consuming contaminated food, water and wood to keep them warm (source). Also earlier this month it was revealed that it was Japanese tax-paying citizens who footed most of the bill of over US$ 100 billion for Fukushima disaster, and not the corporation Tokyo Electric (source).
Nuclear power whether used for energy generation or for military use is an extremely dangerous option for human kind. There is no safe way to dispose nuclear waste.
We appeal to the government of India to conduct an independent inquiry into the leak in Kakrapar nuclear plant in Gujarat.
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Vice President; Krishna Kant (in Surat)
Socialist Party (India)
Phone: 0522-2347365 (Dr Sandeep Pandey), 09427849310 (Krishna Kant)
