Fukushima

Radiation Crisis continues in Fukushima

February 2012
Praful Bidwai

The multi-reactor meltdown accident in Japan beginning last March 2011 has not ended. Plants continue to leak radiation and shockingly no sytematic monitoring of radiation levels is taking place.


Praful Bidwai at the Durban Climate conference, interview with DemocracyNow!

January 2012
Praful Bidwai

Praful Bidwai talks to DemocracyNow!'s Amy Goodman in Durban during the climate conference about the state of the climate negotiations.

Nukes and India

June 2011
Praful Bidwai

Have our rulers decided to place India on the wrong side of history and arrest her social progress? Going by their policy of forcibly promoting nuclear power regardless of its hazards, environmental damage potential, high economic and social costs, and unpopularity, that seems to be the case.

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.

Jaitapur draws blood

April 2011
Praful Bidwai

Indian protest against nuclear power plans are answered with violent oppression. The brute force used to counter the public protests only worsens the situation and already has claimed one life.

From Chernobyl to Fukushima: the hazardous journey of nuclear power

April 2011
Praful Bidwai

Three partial core meltdowns and other crises have precipitated a nuclear nightmare. This is a wake-up call for the world.

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.