Atomic plant a concern: Binayak

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 10 : The Kudankulam nuclear power plant could have serious health hazards not just for the local people but for the entire region, Binayak Sen, member, Planning Commission’s Steering Committee on Health, said in a statement here.

Livelihood

The large-scale loss of livelihood for the fisher folk in the entire region aside, the long-term risks of a nuclear accident are unpredictable, Dr. Sen said, expressing solidarity with the resistance movement at Kudankulam..

At a time when even advanced nations with nuclear capacity are turning away from the nuclear energy option, the local people of Kudankulam are doing a major service to the entire nation through their committed resistance movement, the statement said.