Nuclear power

A test for India’s foreign policy

June 2011
Praful Bidwai

While countries all over the world review their nuclear energy plans and safety measures in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, the Indian government still pushes ahead with it's fiercely opposed Jaitapur plant.

South Asia's misplaced confidence in nuclear technology

April 2011
Zia Mian
A.H. Nayyar, M.V. Ramana

There are 20 nuclear power plants in India, two in Pakistan and plans exist to expand the industry across South Asia; yet there are always multiple risks that exist as a result of the technology that cannot be mitigated.

Learning from Fukushima: India must put nuclear power on hold

April 2011
Praful Bidwai

As the Japanese nuclear crisis escalates in severity, and the myth about nuclear energy being safe is exposed - movements around the world are calling for a change of policy and moratoriums on plant construction.

The Nuclear Crisis in Japan: a Wake-Up Call for India

March 2011
Achin Vanaik
Praful Bidwai

The Japanese crisis is a wake up call for India, which is currently building of one of the world's largest nuclear power plants at Jaitapur, despite massive popular protest. When such a disaster can occur in an industrially advanced country like Japan, India, whose atomic agency is notorious for its poor safety standards, needs to rethink its nuclear ambitions.

Lessons from Fukushima

March 2011
Praful Bidwai

As the global nuclear industry's fate hangs in the balance, India must rethink its nuclear power expansion plans and impose a moratorium on new reactors.

Learning from Disaster? After Sendai

March 2011
Richard Falk

Despite a terrible history with nuclear technology, corporate and state actors try to disconnect these mega disasters from the energy industry in order to "normalise" that which continues threatens our very existance.

People vs Nuclear Power in Jaitapur, Maharashtra

February 2011
Praful Bidwai

In the Konkan, thousands of families in the environmentally rich and verdant Jaitapur area are waging a non-violent battle against the Department of Atomic Energy’s plan to construct the world’s biggest nuclear power complex in the region.

To rebuild lives,

July 2010
Praful Bidwai

The Bhopal GoM’s proposals fall short of recommending the minimum the victims deserve in reparation. They also fail to hold Carbide’s and its successor Dow’s feet to the fire.

India has learnt nothing from the Bhopal tragedy

June 2010
Praful Bidwai

With the June 7 Bhopal judgment, India has been reduced to a Fourth World country. This story of shame can only end if the government appeals against the judgment, gets proper criminal liability restored and seriously pursues the case against all the accused.

South Africa government has to make a clean break with past

August 2008
TNI
Trusha Reddy
If South Africa is to seek a major transition from an energy-intensive to a low-carbon economy, it needs to completely replace fossil fuels by 2050 - so why does its government remain committed to new coal and nuclear power plants?

The South African Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk recently described his government's new plan to mitigate climate change as “progressive, ambitious and far-reaching”.

The approach speaks of a scenario in which action taken now will see greenhouse gas emissions peaking by 2020-25, then reaching a plateau for a decade