Another Asian country relying on nuclear energy is India. Today, there are at least 20 nuclear reactors in operation, six nuclear power plants and another 5 plants are under construction....
>>>Another Asian country relying on nuclear energy is India. Today, there are at least 20 nuclear reactors in operation, six nuclear power plants and another 5 plants are under construction.
New Delhi plans to send a team of atomic scientists to Japan to learn lessons from the impact of the earthquake and tsunami on its nuclear reactors. The Indian Parliament announced on Monday that an immediate technical review of India’s atomic plants had been ordered to check if they could withstand the impact of major natural disasters in the wake of the catastrophe in Japan which is threatening a nuclear meltdown.
There are five seismic zones n India. The Jaitapur plant is located in a seismically sensitive area and now many questions are being raised about the JNPP site. Inspectors will review safety at India’s 20 nuclear reactors, Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh told the Indian Parliament yesterday, that two of which are the same design as those in Japan that were at risk of a meltdown.
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