Temperature rise in the sea waters near Jaitapur can be a maximum of 4.5 degree Celsius in the worst summer scenario due to radiation, said Srikumar Banerjee, secretary, department of atomic energy.
Temperature rise in the sea waters near Jaitapur can be a maximum of 4.5 degree Celsius in the worst summer scenario due to radiation, said Srikumar Banerjee, secretary, department of atomic energy.
Quoting studies conducted by various agencies on the impact on thermal ecology due to temperature rise, Banerjee said that this rise can be at the peak of summer along the 1.5-2.5 km area of the Jaitapur plant.
He claimed that studies related to flood level, seismic level, storm data collection for geo-technical studies, availability of water, impact on environment, etc have been done by various agencies.
The Bombay Natural History Society, too, has done a detailed study on environmental issues. A four-member committee formed to look into the factors of tsunami and other catastrophe has recommended increasing mangrove cover and bio-shield to protect environment from possible problems.
Banerjee added that there are 85 centres monitoring radiation levels in India and the Jaitapur plant, too, will be monitored constantly.
Replying to concerns over the fact that the reactors to be used in Jaitapur will be untested, Banerjee said several such reactors are now being constructed and used in Germany, Finland and France.
At present, nuclear power constitutes 3% of the total energy supplies. By 2020, government plans to make it 6% and by 2030 it will be 13%. The first unit of Jaitapur will be operational by 2019. Banerjee said that the Jaitapur site was selected between 1985 and 1988 and the cabinet clearance came in 1990. “This is a misconception that the government is rushing ahead with the plant,” Banerjee said.
In the context of the disaster caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima in Japan, Banerjee explained that the seismic activity is divided into five zones according to its intensity. Seismic zone 5 is the most intense, quake-prone and, therefore, dangerous. The only plant that falls in this zone in India is Narora nuclear plant in Uttar Pradesh. He said other plants are in seismic zone 4.
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