Unsafety of India’s nuclear industry: Australia could be fuelling a nuclear disaster
Aust could fuel India ‘nuclear accident’ THE AUSTRALIAN AAP March 20, 2013 ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners have raised concerns Australian uranium could fuel a nuclear accident in India similar to the Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters.
Negotiations are under way in New Delhi to establish nuclear safeguards before Australia begins selling uranium to India.
Last year India’s auditor-general warned that lax safety standards could lead to a nuclear disaster.
It is a concern backed up by the Indian-based Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP).
“A major catastrophic accident like Fukushima could happen in any of our 20 reactors,” CNDP spokesman Praful Bidwai told ABC television. Workers in the reactors said they could not be relied upon to raise the alarm on an impending disaster because they were not kept informed by management.
“We can be out there all day in the reactor and we wouldn’t know if we’ve been exposed to danger or not,” said Gulab Singh who works in a Rajasthan reactor.
“They know that if they don’t do the job they won’t have work, so they accept all levels of radiation and keep on working,” he said……..http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/aust-could-fuel-india-nuclear-accident/story-fn3dxiwe-1226602027160
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