Govt gives a big push to nuclear safety

The govt on Tuesday decided to go ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear project with plans of a new compensation package as a decision to this effect was taken in a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Pushing ahead with the controversial Jaitapur atomic power plant, government today said it has decided to have a stand-alone safety system in the designs of each reactors, two of which are expected to be operational by 2019 and announced a bill would be brought to create an autonomous nuclear regulatory body.

Facts about Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant - Press Release by Government of India

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant derived its name From Jaitapur lighthouse which is mentioned in many international maps. Government of India has decided to promote nuclear power at a large scale in view of rapidly rising demand for electricity, limited and depleting fossil resources, environmentally benign and safe nature of nuclear power etc. Accordingly, Government of India accorded its sanction in October 2005 to set up the Nuclear Power Plant at Jaitapur besides three other locations.