(Current Affairs For SSC Exams) Sci & Tech,Dec. 2012 - Affidavit submitted by The NPCIL

Science & Technology

December 2012

Topic : Affidavit submitted by The NPCIL

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd submitted an affidavit to the Madras High Court on 18 August 2012 and 22 August 2012 in relation to the safety measures followed by the plant and its abilities to withstand the natural events like earthquake, cyclones and all. The same affidavit was submitted to the Supreme Court on 26 September 2012. The provided affidavit states:

1. The plant has been designed to be safe at times with the washing away of the safety units which may be caused due to floods, Fukushima incident of washing away has been cited for an example.

2. The nuclear plant is a generation 3+ power plant and is designed taking care of the ultra-modern safety measures like auto-prevention against the general causes of failure of the safety system and is reliable and complies to the standards of redundancy available at present

3. The power plant can survive against the natural events such as tsunami, earthquakes of high reactor scale, shock waves, fire, cyclones and others. The main building of the plant is also safe against the air-craft impact. Security arrangements against the terrorists attack and sabotages have also been implemented.

4. The structural design can prevent the release of the radioactive material in the public even in cases of physical attacks

5. The affidavit also cleared that the 17 recommendations of the AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) will be taken care at times to come. This affidavit also made clear that 7 out of 17 recommendations were compiled but the power plant was safe even without the use of the 17 recommendations made by AERB.

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