Orders reserved on Kudankulam petitions
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02/08/2012
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Hindu (Chennai)
The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved orders on a batch of writ petitions for and against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tirunelveli district.
A specially-constituted Division Bench, comprising Justices P. Jyothimani and M. Duraiswamy, reserved orders after the conclusion of arguments. In its written submissions before the court, the Fisherman Care of Old Pallavaram here alleged that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) had not ubstantially fulfilled many of the conditions stipulated by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board while giving consent for establishing the plant.
The dummy fuel had been removed from Unit 1 and fuel-filling operation using enriched uranium was about to commence for commencing operations at the plant without substantially fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the board.
The petitioner said that given the pressure in expediting the operations at the nuclear power plant, there was a reasonable apprehension in the minds of the petitioner and the members of the public that the NPCIL might not implement the conditions stipulated by the board for the safety and protection of environment.