Nuclear Energy : Technology From Hell
Contents: Introduction. 1. Nuclear energy: from slowdown to renaissance. 2. What is nuclear energy? 3. Is nuclear energy safe? 4. Is nuclear energy cheap? 5. Is nuclear energy green? 6. Global nuclear energy scenario: reviewing the renaissance. 7. India\'s nuclear energy program. 8. India: the true economic costs of nuclear electricity. 9. India\'s nuclear installations: safety and other issues. 10. The sustainable alternative to nuclear energy. 11. Unite, to fight this madness. Epilogue: the Fukushima Catastrophe in Japan. Notes. Index.
The people of Kudankulam, Jaitapur, Mithivirdi, Gorakhpur, Jaduguda are waging determined struggles against Government of India plants to set up a string of nuclear parks across the country with imported/indigenous nuclear reactors, and also several new uranium mines.
The Prime Minister, India\'s top atomic scientists and leading intellectuals are deriding the protestors as being anti-development. They are claiming that nuclear energy is a cheap, green, clean and safe solution to our future energy needs, and is our gateway to a prosperous future.
This book examines these claims in detail. In reality, nuclear power is very expensive. Neither is it green and the solution to the global warming crisis. But the biggest problems with nuclear energy are the safety issues associated with it--the deathly radioactive pollution of the environment caused by leakage of radiation from the mines and nuclear reactors, the as yet intractable problem of safe storage of high level wastes and the potential for catastrophic accidents. For these reasons, nuclear energy was already on the decline the world over, the Fukushima disaster has sent it into a tailspin. Many countries have begun reconsidering / reversing their nuclear energy programs, for alternate and more sustainable ways of meeting their energy needs. Yet, the Indian government continues to pursue its deathly nuclear power dream. (jacket)
The people of Kudankulam, Jaitapur, Mithivirdi, Gorakhpur, Jaduguda are waging determined struggles against Government of India plants to set up a string of nuclear parks across the country with imported/indigenous nuclear reactors, and also several new uranium mines.
The Prime Minister, India\'s top atomic scientists and leading intellectuals are deriding the protestors as being anti-development. They are claiming that nuclear energy is a cheap, green, clean and safe solution to our future energy needs, and is our gateway to a prosperous future.
This book examines these claims in detail. In reality, nuclear power is very expensive. Neither is it green and the solution to the global warming crisis. But the biggest problems with nuclear energy are the safety issues associated with it--the deathly radioactive pollution of the environment caused by leakage of radiation from the mines and nuclear reactors, the as yet intractable problem of safe storage of high level wastes and the potential for catastrophic accidents. For these reasons, nuclear energy was already on the decline the world over, the Fukushima disaster has sent it into a tailspin. Many countries have begun reconsidering / reversing their nuclear energy programs, for alternate and more sustainable ways of meeting their energy needs. Yet, the Indian government continues to pursue its deathly nuclear power dream. (jacket)
