Proposed
nuclear power plant at Jaitapur [ India ], will have liquid sodium
cooled reactors.
Every high
school student knows that sodium catches fire instantly when coming in contact
with air. So, any leakage of coolant during an accident, will be disastrous.
This issue must be addressed and public must be educated.
But then,
how many people have died so far due to a nuclear plant accident ?
A few
hundreds in Chernobyl [ Russia ], 25
years back.
On the
other hand, how many people have died / are dying, due to carbon dioxide
emission of coal based power plants ?
Possibly
millions !
Except that
dying by pollution is a slow process – almost invisible.
Then in India alone,
some 6800 people are dying everyday due to malnutrition ( 2.5 million every
year ) – even as millions of tons of food grains are rotting in the open !
It is about
time we reworked our priorities.
With
regards
Hemen Parekh
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