Officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said here today that the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Project (GHAVP) was completely safe and the apprehensions on its safety were false. The Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of the anti-nuclear energy associations, has announced a protest against the launch of the project tomorrow and the INLD has extended its support to it. Brushing asides the apprehensions regarding the safety aspect of the project, TR Arora, Project Director, GHAVP, said the NPCIL had 371 reactor years of experience for safely operating such nuclear power plants. The NPCIL will be responsible for setting up, designing, engineering, construction, commissioning and operating to decommissioning the plant, he said. Arora said in four decades, the NPCIL had fully mastered the various aspects of the technology encompassing design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup and operations of the nuclear power projects. Assuring the maintenance of the best of safety standards, Arora said the NPCIL had organisational culture and management system for setting up of nuclear power plants in safe, efficient, responsible and sustainable manner, ensuring highest standards of safety and security. The NPCIL, he said, had adequate and proven infrastructure in respect of waste management for systematic planning and safe implementation of all waste management technologies. Arora said initially, the NPCIL plans to complete the first of the four reactors of 700MW each within five years of the zero date (the date of the first pour of concrete) and the next within one year and the next two would also follow in succession. In safe hands * The NPCIL has 371 reactor years of experience for safely operating such nuclear power plants. * It will be responsible for setting up, designing, engineering, construction, commissioning and operating to decommissioning the plant * Officials have assured maintenance of the plant in the best of safety standards