New Delhi, December 28
National Security Adviser J.N. Dixit today said the nuclear power plant in Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu was safe and there was no threat of radiation in the wake of the Tsunami disaster.
Mr Dixit told reporters after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presided over a high-level meeting here with officials of the Atomic Energy Department here on the impact of Tsunami disaster on Kalpakkam plant that both units of the plant were safe and there was no danger of radiation.
The Prime Minister has asked Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar, who inspected the plant yesterday, to stay in Kalpakkam to monitor the situation, Mr Dixit said and added that the Prime Minister had asked for daily briefing on the Kalpakkam plant situation.
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board members would be reaching Kalpakkam tomorrow to give advise on starting the operations in the plant again.
Of the two units at the station, one had been closed for maintenance even before the tidal waves and the second unit was shut after surging sea waters entered one of the pits at the station, he said. The water in the pit was being pumped out and efforts were on to restart the reactors, Mr Dixit said.
“There has been inaccurate speculation on the effect of Tsunami tidal waves on Kalpakkam. The basic facilities of the reactor are safe and unaffected in any manner”, Mr Dixit said.
