Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd managing director SK Jain said the nuclear power plant being set up at Kumahria in district Fatehabad of Punjab will be completely safe.
The atomic power plants across the country are safe and no untoward incident has taken place in them so far, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) managing director SK Jain said here today.
He said the nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL at Kumahria in district Fatehabad of Punjab will be completely safe.
"The other 17 nuclear power plants at different places in the country are also safe and no untoward incident has so far happened", Jain said in a press statement.
He said all sources of energy like coal, fuel, water and sun also emitted radiation and the radiation emitted by sun is two-and-half times as powerful as nuclear radiation. In reply to a question regarding the wastes of nuclear power plant, Jain said it would be processed to produce plutonium which would be used in other activities relating to electricity generation.
The first plutonium-based plant of the country was being set up at Chennai and the water to be used in the plant would also be completely safe and it would also be used for drinking purposes.
A high-tech laboratory would also be set up in the plant which would inspect the plant periodically and submit its report, Jain said adding the report would also be made available to the common people.
Electricity produced in nuclear plant would be less expensive as compared to produce in the coal based plant, he said.
The Nuclear Power Plant at Kumahria would be modern and the technology to be used in this plant would be ultra modern which is safe for human being as well as environment, Jain said.
The plant would be set up over an area of 1050 acre and it would have as many as 700 employees. It would use 50 tonnes uranium per year.
Jain, who visited the village Kumahria, said full compensation would be paid to the farmers whose land would be acquired for the plant, besides providing employment opportunities on priority basis to the members of these families.
Facilities like education, health and infrastructure would be provided in the villages falling within the radius of 5km and NPCIL would adopt poor children and provide education and employment to them.
Besides, free books, note books, uniforms and shoes would also be provided to school-going children, he added.
He said technical institutes would also be set up by the NPCIL in the area and students passing out from these institutes would be provided employment in the plant.
Facility of mobile dispensaries would also be provided for health check-up of villagers and primary health centres would also be set up by the Corporation in the villages which do not have these centres.
Community centres would also be constructed in the villages and trees would be planted in the radius of 1km. of the plant to keep the environment pollution-free.
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